Combining QUANTICYT karyometric analysis with architectural confocal- aided cytology to prognosticate superficial bladder cancer

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 10-17

  Boon, Mathilde E ^a   Marres, Elisabeth M ^a   Van der Poel, H G ^b  

^a LEIDEN CYTOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Architectural cytology; Bladder washing; Confocal microscopy; Image analysis; Prognosis; Superficial bladder cancer

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; CYTOLOGY; FEULGEN STAINING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KARYOMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SUPERFICIAL CANCER;

AUTOMATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031984494     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199801)18:1<10::AID-DC3>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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