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I did two urinalysis at different timings, both showed high epithelial cells but urine culture was negative. is there a possibility of cancer?
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Epithelial cells do: NOT mean cancer. They are cells from your vaginal or urethral tissues and do not mean anything bad.
Answered 5/17/2016
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