A cystoscopy is a procedure that involves inserting a tool into the urethra and up into the bladder to examine these organs. The tool is a cystoscope — a thin, flexible instrument with a light and a ...

Non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer is labor intensive and costly to manage. Owing to long-term survival rates and life-long monitoring and treatment, it is the most expensive cancer to manage in ...

Dr. Chad Ritch is an urologic oncologist at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of UHealth – University of Miami Health System. To find a doctor or make an appointment at one of Sylvester's ...

The guidelines state that clinicians should offer blue light cystoscopy, if available, as an adjunct to traditional white light cystoscopy (WLC) to increase tumor detection and decrease recurrence.

—Sharon Waisbrod, MD, discusses a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective and retrospective studies published over an 11-year period that evaluated the prevalence of cancer in patients with ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Cystoscopies for recurrent UTIs yield little clinical benefit for patients both with and without high-risk ...

A simple urine test can more than halve the number of cystoscopies necessary to follow up high-risk bladder cancer patients, new research has found. Cystoscopies involve inserting a flexible probe ...

Professor Witjes was registered as a urologist in 1992, after medical and urological training in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. In 1993, he completed his PhD on prognosis and treatment of superficial ...