Bilharzial vs non‐bilharzial related bladder cancer: pathological characteristics and value of cyclooxygenase‐2 expression

• Published in: BJU international Vol. 108; no. 1; pp. 31 - 37
• Main Authors: Youssef, Ramy, Kapur, Payal, Kabbani, Wareef, Shariat, Shahrokh F., Mosbah, Ahmed, Abol‐Enein, Hassan, Ghoniem, Mohamed, Lotan, Yair
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.07.2011; Wiley-Blackwell
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Animals; Bilharzial bladder cancer; Biological and medical sciences; Biomarkers, Tumor - metabolism; Bladder cancer markers; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - enzymology; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - parasitology; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - pathology; COX‐2; Cyclooxygenase 2 - metabolism; Cystectomy; Dermatology; Epidemiologic Methods; Female; Humans; Immunohistochemistry; Lymphatic Metastasis; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Staging; Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases; Prognosis; Schistosoma haematobium; Schistosomiasis haematobia - complications; squamous cell carcinoma of the bladder; Tissue Array Analysis; Tumors of the skin and soft tissue. Premalignant lesions; Tumors of the urinary system; Urinary Bladder Neoplasms - enzymology; Urinary Bladder Neoplasms - parasitology; Urinary Bladder Neoplasms - pathology; Urinary tract. Prostate gland; Bladder cancer markers; Skin disease; Nephrology; Basal cell carcinoma; COX-2; Cyclooxygenase 2; Biological marker; Bilharzial bladder cancer; Urology; Urinary bladder; Squamous cell carcinoma; Urinary system disease; Enzyme; squamous cell carcinoma of the bladder; Characteristic; Biological indicator; Urinary tract disease; Malignant tumor; Bladder cancer; Urinary system; Characteristics; Bladder disease; Oxidoreductases; Comparative study; Cancer

Study Type – Prognostic (case series) 
Level of Evidence 4 What’s known on the subject? and What does the study add? Bilharziasis is the reason for the high incidence of bladder cancer in Egypt. Some of the clinico‐pathological characteristics of bilharzia‐associated bladder cancer has been publishe...