The significance of isolated de novo red patches in the bladder in patients referred with suspected urinary tract cancer: Results from the IDENTIFY study
Many patients still undergo unnecessary biopsies under general anaesthetic for isolated de novo red patches. Clinicians should consider the patient's age, smoking status and how suspicious-looking the patch is, before deciding on surveillance versus biopsy to improve cancer diagnostic yield.
Authors
- S. L. Parsons
- Sinan Khadhouri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1836-8992)
- Madeline Moore (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1037-5861)
- Taha Uçar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7684-3632)
- Mark Assmus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3615-9251)
- G Tănăsescu
- G. Pizzuto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8764-0550)
- Taimur T. Shah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1642-1208)
- Giancarlo Marra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-026X)
- Juan Gómez Rivas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0556-3035)
- Tara Burnhope
- Taeweon Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0264-6959)
- Chuanyu Gao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9824-6468)
- M. Boltri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5177-6445)
- Sonpreet Rai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5737-2700)
- Miles P. Mannas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7706-3830)
- John McGrath (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9416-9912)
- Gautier Marcq (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1806-1448)
- Nkwam Nkwam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1086-6388)
- Francesco Claps (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2812-5553)
- Kevin Gallagher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5485-5336)
- Eleanor Zimmermann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2866-3933)
- Alison Downey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3528-1247)
- Kenneth R. MacKenzie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4965-7957)
- Nicholas E. Boxall
- M. Antón-Juanilla
- Kathryn Bandeira de Mello
- Troy Sukhu
- Veeru Kasivisvanathan
Institutions
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- University of Trieste (IT)
- Inserm (FR)
- University of St Andrews (GB)
- University of Calgary (CA)
- University of Exeter (GB)
- Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Western General Hospital (GB)
- Doncaster Royal Infirmary (GB)
- Hospital Universitario La Paz (ES)
- Institut Pasteur de Lille (FR)
- Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Southmead Hospital (GB)
- Queen Alexandra Hospital (GB)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille (FR)
- Nuovo Ospedale San Giovanni di Dio (IT)
- University of North Carolina Hospitals (US)
- South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Hospital de Cruces (ES)
- Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Hôpital Claude Huriez (FR)
- Addenbrooke's Hospital (GB)
- University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust (GB)
- University College London (GB)
- Imperial College London (GB)
- University of Turin (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BJUI Compass
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/bco2.475
- Primary Topic
- Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Rosetrees Trust
- Urology Foundation