Urine test for cancer cells

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Avatar f tn I am assuming his urologist gave him what is known as the FISH Test, which measures the presence of cancer cells in the urine. The problem is the test does not tell you where the cells are from. That is why they have to do all this testing. Their assumption is, since he has had bladder cancer, the cells are from somewhere in the urinary tract system. This could lead to a whole lot of testing.
Avatar n tn Hi I had a urine test and everything came back fine except my blood in urine score was 2+. My dr wants to test again in a month. She wasn't too concerned however I am terrified because everything online indicates bladder cancer. Any advice you can offer? Does blood always mean cancer? I am in menopause at 46 so it's not menstruation. Thank you.
Avatar n tn Please ask for them to run what is called a Urovysion Urine Test. I , two of these tests wtihin a 6mos time period. I, too, had atypical cells + blood as you describe and had two cystoscopes, and IVP w/constrast x-ray as well as a CT Scan w/o contrast and the bottom Turns out my atypical cells were Atypical Inflammatory cells and not atypical cancer cells. All the other tests ruled out all the big Cancer stuff, too.
Avatar f tn WENT TO A UROLOGIST WHO ORDERED CT SCAN OF MY ABDOMEN , PELVIS, AND KIDNEY, AND DID A CYSTASCOPE, WHICH WERE ALL NORMAL. MY URINE CYTOLOGY CAME BACK SUSPICIOUS CELLS AND MY DOCTOR ORDERED A PHISH TEST. HE SAID IF IT COMES BACK POSITIVE IT DOES NOT MEAN I HAVE CANCER. HE WOULD JUST DO FOLLOW-UP CYSTASCOPES. IS THIS THE CORRECT WAY TO PROCEED OR ARE THERE OTHER TESTS THAT SHOULD BE DONE IF THE PHISH TEST IS POSITIVE? IF THE RESULTS ARE NORMAL WHY ARE THERE SUSPICIOUS CELLS?
Avatar m tn can PCA3 test results be false positive if the urine sample was not collected as dictated by the attentive 3 stroke procedure. With normal DRE, PSA under 4, moderate urinary difficulties, and the symptoms manageable with just one 5mg of Hytrin a day, do I really need to go for biopsy? Hstory: I am 65 years old with diabetes and mild BPH symptoms for the past 18 years.
Avatar f tn White blood cells in the urine usually indicate a urinary tract infection. The leukocyte esterase (LE) test detects esterase, an enzyme released by white blood cells.
Avatar n tn Recently he had his office cystoscopy (for the 1st time-previously in hospital) and his urine tested positive for BC. Doctor sent him for Cat scan that was negative, but FISH test came back positive. Urolgist wants to wait til August to do custoscopy in hospital. He says waiting is preferable-any comments or views on this???
Avatar f tn I went on to follow up with a urologist who then ordered a test where a tube was put into my bladder to check for any problems, this came out normal and the repeat of the urine samples showed microscopic amount of blood in the urine. My urologist said he wanted to follow me over the next year and do urine test that were more in depth. I got a call today from the Dr.
Avatar f tn i am a 40 yaer old female who just got out of the hospital and i got my test results on my own and my dr. is out of town for awhile and i need help. i have squamous cells in my urine a count of 30. does anyone know what this means? also there are red and white blood cells in my urine and my blood test they are both to high. i found out i had 3 different places of hypdensity on my liver. i have been carrying hepatitis b for 15 years which i have been chronic and active.
Avatar m tn if pus cells in urine microscopy exam 10-12 and the albumin strip test negative. Can I give a slight trace for albumin in my report due to the presence of pus cells?
Avatar m tn After 2 rounds of antibiotics she was still having problems so they tested for it again and it came back negative for a UTI but positive for ovarian cancer cells. Prior to these findings her Dr had already decided she should see a urologist which by the way moved up her appt a day and broke all this news to us. I went in with her for the procedure and during it he said the bladder looked suspicious but there were no obvious tumors showing. Little disappointed in the onc at the moment.
Avatar m tn without explaining to me, my urologist took a urine sample and sent it for PCA3 test which came out positive, and now my urologist recommends that I go for biopsy, because, according to him I have one in 2 chances of presently having prostate cancer. How can that be? With stable PSa around 3.2 and no lumps or bumps, and no major problem, how can I be a candidate for biopsy. I stubbornly believe the test results are false positive.
Avatar m tn however, every time the FISH urine test was repeated, it showed cancer cells associated with the bladder. I asked for treatment, but was told that BECAUSE the location of the cancer was not established, treatment could not be offered. Instead, I submitted to a cystoscopy every six months. I did this for two years (2007-2009), and one time between 2010 and 2013. Each cystoscopy showed a ‘healthy’ bladder with a diverticulum, and hardening wall lining.
Avatar n tn i have been having uti s for over two years, there is a strong family history of cancer. I have had a urine test with squamous cells 20-50[ZTF] what ever that means? I looked up what squamous means and my dr never addressed this , I have burning, pain, pain in my flank when i lay on my back (not bad) can not hold my pee, have had blood in urine, stones, also I have H pylori that will not go away not matter what we do to treat it with .
Avatar f tn @kaylee..no I didnt hv sex for about 2 months now ;) I read it somewhere that for females few rbcs in urine are normal..should be concerned if its nly higher than 3-4..but im worrying about the presenc of organism in urine..in the report they hvnt indicated any value..just a plus sign..so should I get a urine culture done to get treated?
Avatar n tn ) maybe you should ask your DR to do a cancer marker test...CA19-9. It will show up in your blood if the cancer is big enough to start shedding cells. It wouldn't hurt to talk with him about it. Oh and one more thing....Dark urine can be caused from several things including gallstones or kidney infections. Good luck, lets us know how it turns out.
Avatar f tn My daughter have ben complaining about joint pains and also along with it is her burping problem.The urine test result showed she got some 0-1/hpf pus cells and epithelial cells 0-1/hpf.What does it suggest.
1079218 tn?1297028844 Okay, I'm beginning to get really upset with my urologist as she doesn't seem to think I should be as fearful as I am or as worried as I am about still having blood in my urine without a UTI or Kidney Infection. This has been going on for years now & she has performed many tests but apparently she doesn't keep very good notes in my file as I'm a US Vet & she's only on staff once a month for a tax write off I think.
Avatar n tn I have had uterine cancer and colon cancer in the last 5 years. I get screened regularly for urologic cancers with a urine cytology. THis last cytology report states there is low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion. I have had a hysterectomy and from what I understand this is usually related to the cervix. Could this finding have anything to do with my uterine cancer returning? Can't find any info and my gynonc is away for the next week. I am freaking out!!
Avatar n tn Negative for Malignancy 2. Indeterminate for Malignancy 3. Positive for Malignancy. Although my second urine cytology was Negative for Malignancy, and for all intents and purposes a "normal" urine cytology, there were red and white blood cells present, but apparently no atypical cells as in the first report. He made no comment on the presence of the white blood cells.
329994 tn?1301663248 s bride, but that is ok, as long as the cancer is gone! As for the squamous epithelial cells, apparently it is normal to have those cells in your urine. Mine was a little higher than normal, but should be ok. I get complete blood work done again in October and they will see what it shows then, but he wasn't concerned at all. Thanks for watching me! Hope all is well with you!
Avatar f tn m worried that the new doctor that tested me may not have tested me for stds and ony for hvp/cervical cancer and I have had it for years unknown. I was in a monogamous relationship up until recently and think I may have caught it after that ended when I slept with someone new, although now I'm scared! Do you think that the new doctor would have tested me for stds? Or do doctors sometimes skip this? I'm under 25 so I assumed they automatically just test people for this.
4118328 tn?1355497576 They do it to test the cells to see if you have cancer.
Avatar m tn I got a battery of tests in Singapore, and they confirmed that my immunization for HepB worked as we discussed. I was wondering for the test result below also confirmed my immunization for HepA worked. Anti-HAV Total A > 100.00 mIU/mL >=20 Reactive Finally, I tested intermediate (5.3) for Candida (what is is this?) and had some white blood cells (*123) and Bateria (* Occasional) in my urine and wondered if I should do anything for these tests. Below are the tests.
Avatar n tn I visited my family doctor and she suggested blood test, urine test and ultra sound. after these tests, she felt that it could be uretritis as she did not see any specific serious problem.I underwent 10 days of antibiotic course during March 08. To let you know, my urine test identified blood in urine. But when I gave blood sample, I didnot had any pain or saw any of such symptom.