- Bladder cancer is the ninth most commonly diagnosed cancer in the world with an estimated 430 000 new cases reported in 2012.
- Men are more than three times more likely to get bladder cancer than women.
- Smoking is a major cause of bladder cancer.
- Exposure to industrial chemicals such as metalworking fluids is another cause of bladder cancer.
- One of the most common symptoms of bladder cancer is the presence of blood in urine.
- Cystoscopy and urine cytology are the most common methods for detection and assessment of recurrence of bladder cancer. Cystoscopy may cause pain and discomfort in patients, and urine cytology has a low sensitivity.IDL Biotech has developed UBC Rapid, a complement to cystoscopy, which causes no pain for the patient. Read more about UBC Rapid here.
Positive results for UBC® Rapid in an Austrian study
International Journal of Medical Sciences has published an Austrian study with UBC® Rapid performed at the Department of Urology, Medical University of Innsbruck. Urinary samples were analyzed by cytology, UBC® Rapid and NMP22 BladderChek® test. The results from this...