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1122 cytological diagnoses have been made on 2500 Papanicolaou stained cytological slides from Patients with urothelial carcinomas. The cytological accuracy was 78% for G1 tumours, 94% for G2 and 96% for G3 carcinomas. A histologically diagnosed G1 carcinoma was cytologically G1 in 81% of cases, a G2 carcinoma was recognized in 64% and G3 carcinoma in 48%.
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Rübben, H., Bubenzer, J., Bökenkamp, K. et al. Grading of transitional cell tumours of the urinary tract by urinary cytology. Urol. Res. 7, 83–91 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00254686
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