TY - JOUR
T1 - A review of reporting systems and terminology for urine cytology
AU - Owens, Christopher L.
AU - Van Den Bussche, Christopher J.
AU - Burroughs, Frances H.
AU - Rosenthal, Dorothy L.
PY - 2013/1
Y1 - 2013/1
N2 - Urine cytology continues to play an important role in the diagnosis and management of urothelial carcinoma, a common cancer of adults with significant morbidity and mortality. Because of its high sensitivity for high-grade urothelial tumors, including lesions that may be cystoscopically occult, urine cytology nicely compliments cystoscopic examination, a method that detects most low-grade tumors. Over the decades, several reporting schemes for urine cytology have been published in the literature, each of which has relative strengths and weaknesses. Unlike cervical cytology, there has not been widespread acceptance and use of any particular reporting scheme for urine cytology studies. Thus, terminology and criteria for urine cytology reporting are not uniform among pathologists, which can frustrate clinicians and hinders interlaboratory comparisons.
AB - Urine cytology continues to play an important role in the diagnosis and management of urothelial carcinoma, a common cancer of adults with significant morbidity and mortality. Because of its high sensitivity for high-grade urothelial tumors, including lesions that may be cystoscopically occult, urine cytology nicely compliments cystoscopic examination, a method that detects most low-grade tumors. Over the decades, several reporting schemes for urine cytology have been published in the literature, each of which has relative strengths and weaknesses. Unlike cervical cytology, there has not been widespread acceptance and use of any particular reporting scheme for urine cytology studies. Thus, terminology and criteria for urine cytology reporting are not uniform among pathologists, which can frustrate clinicians and hinders interlaboratory comparisons.
KW - Reporting
KW - Template
KW - Terminology
KW - Urine cytology
KW - Urine reporting
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U2 - 10.1002/cncy.21253
DO - 10.1002/cncy.21253
M3 - Review article
C2 - 23192885
AN - SCOPUS:84874698395
SN - 1934-662X
VL - 121
SP - 9
EP - 14
JO - Cancer Cytopathology
JF - Cancer Cytopathology
IS - 1
ER -