Before the cystoscopy, you may be asked to empty your bladder. Then ... If your results are normal, you might not need any further testing. Abnormal findings on a cystoscopy may require you ...

This is an inspection of the bladder and the urethra using a cystoscope. There are two types of cystoscope: Rigid: A solid telescope which has a light and a separate channel to allow other ...

ALA-guided fluorescence cystoscopy is already widely used, and in March 2005 HAL was approved in Europe for the diagnosis of bladder cancer. The approval process continues in the US. Technical ...

If you’re asked to urinate and additional X-rays are taken while you empty your bladder, the test is no longer just a ...

Photodynamic diagnosis (PDD) exploits the photoactive nature of certain compounds in order to enhance the visual demarcation between normal and ... can be used in bladder cancer.

Cystoscopy is the reference standard for bladder cancer detection, and is also used to monitor patients with a history of the disease. The procedure is, however, invasive, and some patients find ...

Frequently, however, urine that appears perfectly normal to the naked eye will be shown by the microscope to contain ... absence of a urinary tract infection and pelvic pain along with the symptoms ...

A procedure that uses a tube to examine the bladder and the urethra. An endoscopy (looking inside) is a procedure used in medicine to look inside the body. The endoscopy procedure uses an ...

enabling bladder cancer patients in South Africa to receive blue light cystoscopy (BLC ®) with Hexvix ®. Named Patient Programs (NPPs) provide access to medicines in response to requests by physicians ...

Clinical Guidelines as a urine test that might be used in the initial diagnostic workup of bladder cancer to avoid / implement cystoscopy and in follow-up to monitor for non-muscle invasive ...

OSLO, Norway, Sept. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Photocure ASA (OSE: PHO), the Bladder Cancer Company, announces that it entered into an agreement with Equity Pharmaceuticals PTY Limited, part of the ...