New Horizons for Observation of Patients with the Bladder Cancer Associated with Schistosoma haematobium Invasion

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Anton Yu. Kolmakov Faik R. Asfandiyarov Vasiliy I. Oriol Vladimir Startsev Vladimir S. Luchkevich

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Vladimir Startsev
St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, Russia

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Background and Purpose: The aim of the study was to improve the diagnostic and treatment approach for the medical care for patients with Schistosoma-associated bladder cancer (SA-BC). Material and Methods: The survey results the study of 56 patients with gross hematuria in medical institutions of the Province Benguela (Angola) since 2007 to 2012. Group A (n=35) included patients before applying the standardized diagnostic algorithm. Group B (n=21) included patients using the new organizational format, in hospital outpatient’s. Results: The progression to locally advanced stage of SA-BC was verified at significantly higher rate (80%). In patients from group A, while verified locally advanced SA-BC stays at low level (66,7%) in group B. Conclusion: The combined usage of urine cytology test, ultrasonography and cystoscopy at the increased proliferative process caused by Schistosoma haematobium (SH) allows to reveal diagnose SA-BC in early stages, subject to on condition of patient’s admission in hospital outpatient care structures of specialized medical institutions.

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Research Article

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Received: Tue 19, May 2020
Accepted: Tue 02, Jun 2020
Published: Mon 08, Jun 2020

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© 2023 Vladimir Startsev. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.JSO.2020.03.10