Telomerase activity: a potential marker of bladder transitional cell carcinoma in bladder washes
Yang S, Lee D, Hong S, Chung B, Kim I. Telomerase activity: a potential marker of bladder transitional cell carcinoma in bladder washes. Yonsei Medical Journal 1997, 38: 155-159. PMID: 9259615, DOI: 10.3349/ymj.1997.38.3.155.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransitional cell carcinomaTelomeric repeat amplification protocolWash specimensBladder cancerBladder wash specimensCancer tissuesCell carcinomaCytologic diagnosisTelomerase activityCytopathologic diagnosisGrade 1 transitional cell carcinomaNormal tissuesBladder transitional cell carcinomaHuman bladder cancer tissuesBladder wash cytologyFinal pathologic diagnosisBladder cancer tissuesRepeat amplification protocolPolymerase chain reaction techniqueTransurethral resectionChain reaction techniquePathologic diagnosisBladder washesSame patientGrade 2