The diagnostic value of abdominal ultrasound, urine cytology and prostate-specific antigen testing in the lower urinary tract symptoms clinic.

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INTRODUCTION: Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) affect 18-26% of men aged 40-79 years, many of whom present with a fear of having cancer. Current guidelines for the assessment of LUTS focus mainly upon benign prostatic hypertrophy. It has been our practice to perform an abdominal ultrasound scan (USS), a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test and urine cytology during the assessment of males presenting with LUTS to investigate the alternative potentially life-threatening causes for LUT...

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Authors: Patel, N; Blick, C; Kumar, P; Malone, P

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: International journal of clinical practice
• Volume: 63
• Issue: 12
• Pages: 1734-1738
• Publication date: 2009-12-01
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2009.02138.x
• EISSN: 1742-1241
• ISSN: 1368-5031
• Language: English
• Keywords: Aged, 80 and over; Prostate-Specific Antigen; Urinary Bladder Neoplasms; Adult; Prostatism; Male; Adrenal Gland Neoplasms; Kidney Neoplasms; Urinary Calculi; Prostatic Neoplasms; Carcinoma, Renal Cell; Prostatic Hyperplasia; Young Adult; Urine; Middle Aged; Hydronephrosis; Humans; Carcinoma, Transitional Cell; Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal; Adolescent; Aged; Incidental Findings