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