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. 2017 Mar 27;13(5):3928–3934. doi: 10.3892/ol.2017.5926

Table II.

Prevalence of urothelial carcinoma and the sensitivity of FISH by smoking status.

Urothelial carcinoma-positive cases detected with FISH

Characteristic Urothelial carcinoma confirmed by histology Overall Low-grade carcinoma High-grade carcinoma





Smoking status Total, n +, n -, n Prevalence, % +, n -, n Sen, % Total, n +, n -, n Sen, % Total, n +, n -, n Sen, %
Current or previous smoker 40 31   9 77.5 24 7 77.4 17 14 3 82.4 14 10 4 71.4
≥30 pack-years 20 18   2 90.0 14 4 77.8 13 10 3 76.9   5   4 1 80.0
Non-smoker 79 42 37 53.2 34 8 82.9 16 11 5 68.9 26 23 3 88.5

FISH, fluorescence in situ hybridization; Sen, sensitivity.