TY - JOUR
T1 - Flow cytometry of transitional cell carcinma of the urinary bladder
T2 - Influence of prior local therapy
AU - Tetu, B.
AU - Katz, R. L.
AU - Kalter, S. P.
AU - Von Eschenbach, A. C.
AU - Barlogie, B.
PY - 1987
Y1 - 1987
N2 - A review of acridine-orange DNA and RNA flow cytometry (FCM) histograms of 249 bladder irrigation specimens from 129 patients with a previous history of transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) reveals that aneuploidy and tetraploidy (> 10% of total cell population) are reliable markers to detect the presence of bladder tumor in patients treated by surgical resection of tumor only. Tetraploidy is unreliable when the patient received intravesical chemotherapy or radiation therapy but aneuploidy remains accurate. A comparison of the reliability of FCM compared with cytology indicates an overall lower sensitivity and specificity for FCM (respectively, 52% and 73%) as opposed to cytology (respectively, 62% and 92%). Sensitivity is improved and raised to 77% if FCM and cytology are used in conjunction and reaches 82% in patients treated by surgery only and 88% in those who received radiation therapy. The lowest sensitivity and specificity obtained with FCM are in patients treated by intravesical chemotherapy (respectively, 44% and 58%) and the highest are in those treated by surgery without additional therapy (56% and 83%). This study demonstrates that FCM criteria for diagnosis of TCC of urinary bladder on bladder irrigation specimens depends on patient's treatment history. It also indicates that sensitivity and specificity of cytology to detect bladder tumor are superior to those obtained with FCM but both methods may be considerably improved if they are used in conjunction.
AB - A review of acridine-orange DNA and RNA flow cytometry (FCM) histograms of 249 bladder irrigation specimens from 129 patients with a previous history of transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) reveals that aneuploidy and tetraploidy (> 10% of total cell population) are reliable markers to detect the presence of bladder tumor in patients treated by surgical resection of tumor only. Tetraploidy is unreliable when the patient received intravesical chemotherapy or radiation therapy but aneuploidy remains accurate. A comparison of the reliability of FCM compared with cytology indicates an overall lower sensitivity and specificity for FCM (respectively, 52% and 73%) as opposed to cytology (respectively, 62% and 92%). Sensitivity is improved and raised to 77% if FCM and cytology are used in conjunction and reaches 82% in patients treated by surgery only and 88% in those who received radiation therapy. The lowest sensitivity and specificity obtained with FCM are in patients treated by intravesical chemotherapy (respectively, 44% and 58%) and the highest are in those treated by surgery without additional therapy (56% and 83%). This study demonstrates that FCM criteria for diagnosis of TCC of urinary bladder on bladder irrigation specimens depends on patient's treatment history. It also indicates that sensitivity and specificity of cytology to detect bladder tumor are superior to those obtained with FCM but both methods may be considerably improved if they are used in conjunction.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 3671911
AN - SCOPUS:0023614060
SN - 0740-2570
VL - 4
SP - 243
EP - 250
JO - Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology
JF - Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology
IS - 3
ER -