1998
Telomerase: a potential marker of bladder transitional cell carcinoma in bladder washes.
Lee D, Yang S, Hong S, Chung B, Kim I. Telomerase: a potential marker of bladder transitional cell carcinoma in bladder washes. Clinical Cancer Research 1998, 4: 535-8. PMID: 9533519.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransitional cell carcinomaBladder transitional cell carcinomaBladder washesCell carcinomaCytological diagnosisTelomerase activityGrade 1 transitional cell carcinomaCancer tissuesNormal tissuesHuman bladder cancer tissuesBladder wash samplesPositive telomerase activityFinal pathological diagnosisLow-grade tumorsBladder cancer tissuesTelomeric repeat amplificationPositive cytologyTransurethral resectionBladder tumorsBladder cancerPathological diagnosisWash samplesCytological specimensPatientsPotential marker
1997
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