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Bladder cancer screening in a high risk asymptomatic population using a point of care urine based protein tumor marker.
The Journal of urology - 1 Jul 2009
Lotan Yair, Elias Keren, Svatek Robert S, Bagrodia Aditya, Nuss Geoffrey, Moran Brett, Sagalowsky Arthur I
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: We evaluated whether screening high risk asymptomatic individuals with a bladder tumor marker can lead to earlier detection and resultant down staging of bladder cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Subjects at high risk for bladder cancer based on age and smoking or occupational status were solicited from 2 well patient clinics from March 2006 to November 2007. NMP22 BladderChek testing was performed on...
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