title: How much do you know about benign, preneoplastic, non-invasive and invasive neoplastic lesions of the urinary bladder classified according to the 2004 WHO scheme?
abstract: The aim of this essay is the self assessment of the level of knowledge of the 2004 WHO classification of bladder neoplasms through a series of MCQs, each associated a short commentary. This paper is directed to all who are involved with the application of this classification at the anticancer research, diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic levels, in particular to uropathologists, urologists and oncologists.
authors.affiliation: Section of Pathological Anatomy, School of Medicine, Polytechnic University of the Marche Region (Ancona), Ancona, Italy. r.montironi@univpm.it
authors.forename: Rodolfo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Montironi
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Scarpelli
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mazzucchelli
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lopez-Beltran
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia / Q000473:pathology; D011230:Precancerous Conditions / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000473:pathology*; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D019459:Urothelium / Q000473:pathology; D014944:World Health Organization