A urine cytology test is a diagnostic tool that can help detect different types of cancer in the urinary system. Using the test, a cytopathologist can screen for pre-cancer or cancer cells in urine.

A urine cytology test looks at the cells in your urine under a microscope. It can help your doctor diagnose some forms of urinary tract cancer. You may need one if you've had blood in your urine.

Ileal conduit urine cytology is also valuable as a surveillance test for detecting tumors of the ureters and renal pelvises in bladder cancer patients - status post cystectomy. Ideally, specimens ...

Investigators compared diagnostic accuracy of this approach with that of the NMP22 test and a urine cytology test. The analysis included 1,099 patients (55.9% men) aged older than 39 years ...

Beyond Urine Cytology: Imaging. For patients with microscopic hematuria, AUA recommends personalizing the diagnostic evaluation according to patient risk and involving shared decision-making.

Both alternative tests had higher specificity than the urinary DNA methylation test, with urine cytology achieving 99.5% specificity (95% CI, 99.0–100%) for patients without high-grade or ...

—Urine cytology screening protocols may be useful for earlier detection of urothelial cancer associated with occupational exposures. By Michael H. Broder, PhD Reviewed by Michael Leapman, MD ...

October 25, 2011 (Las Vegas, Nevada) — The UroVysion fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) probe (Abbott Molecular) can increase sensitivity of urine cytology for low-grade urothelial ...

"Urine cytology, which is widely used to screen for bladder cancer, has high specificity but lacks sensitivity, especially for low-grade cancers," said Chuan-Liang Xu, MD, Ph.D., urologist at ...

For diagnosing bladder cancer and UTUC, urine cytology had a sensitivity of 43.5%, specificity of 95.7%, positive predictive value of 47.6%, and negative predictive value of 94.9%.

Immediate urine cytology (IUC) performed 48 hours after the first TURBT revealed low-grade malignancy in 31 patients, high-grade malignancy in 7, inflammatory status in 27, ...

ImmunoCyt/uCyt™ is a fluorescent test combining three monoclonal antibodies. In this study, it has been tested as a complement to cytology in the detection of urothelial carcinoma in urine. It ...