Abstract

CONCLUSION • Urine samples were collected from the upper urinary tract of 4 male bladder cancer patients using a ureteral catheter. • The samples were centrifuged and the pellets were plated for primary culture. Cells were analyzed for colony forming unit, proliferation rate, cytogenetics, stem cell characterization and tumorigenicity. • The results were compared with those of VUCs collected from 3 healthy men. Gun Nam Kim1, Bum Soo Kim2, Jae Young Choi2, Seock Hwan Choi2, Tae-Hwan Kim2, Eun Sang Yoo2, Sung Kwang Chung2, Bup Wan Kim2, Yoon Kyu Park2, Tae Gyun Kwon2 1Department of Urology, College of medicine, Cha University, Gumi Cha University Hospital, 2Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University

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