Results of Bard BTA test in monitoring patients with a history of transitional cell cancer of the bladder

Urology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 786-789

  Ianari, A ^a   Sternberg, C N ^a,b   Rossetti, A ^a   Van Rijn, A ^a   Deidda, A ^a   Giannarelli, D ^a   Pansadoro, V ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYSTOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; CYSTOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; URINE;

EID: 0030956664     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(97)00081-2     Document Type: Article

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