A cystoscopy is a procedure that involves inserting a tool into the urethra and up into the bladder to examine these organs. The tool is a cystoscope — a thin, flexible instrument with a light and a ...

—Sharon Waisbrod, MD, discusses a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective and retrospective studies published over an 11-year period that evaluated the prevalence of cancer in patients with ...

The guidelines state that clinicians should offer blue light cystoscopy, if available, as an adjunct to traditional white light cystoscopy (WLC) to increase tumor detection and decrease recurrence.

Cystoscopy and ureteroscopy are diagnostic or therapeutic procedures, usually performed by urologists, or doctors who specialize in diseases of the urinary tract. These procedures use endoscopes to ...

FDG PET-CT imaging in assessing interim response to neoadjuvant cisplatin-based chemotherapy (NAC) in muscle invasive bladder cancer (MIBC): A prospective study. Real-world treatment and quality of ...

Bladder biopsy of normal-looking mucosa, as determined by cystoscopy, might not add clinical value in patients with positive voided-urine cytology after treatment of non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer ...

OSLO, Norway, Feb. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Photocure ASA (OSE: PHO), The Bladder Cancer Company, announces the presentation on February 14 of a new abstract with study results from its U.S. bladder ...

Abbreviations: ALA, aminolevulinic acid; Hexvix ®, hexaminolevulinate 5-ALA; CIS, carcinoma in situ; NR, specificity not reported, only false-positive rate. Professor Witjes was registered as a ...

After the evaluation of five bladder cancer surveillance strategies in a prospective trial, researchers have concluded that the use of cystoscopy alone, the current standard of care for recurrence ...

If an older patient undergoes general anesthesia, cardiac complications are possible. One urologist forgot that, to his regret. Dr. Y, age 57, is an experienced general urologist who practices at a ...