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If the urologist orders a urine cytology, is he only looking for cancer cause he said he wasnt looking for that so then what would you be looking for?

Q: if the urologist orders a urine cytology, is he only looking for cancer cause he said he wasnt looking for that so then what would you be looking for?

: If he ordered cytology he was looking for abnormal cells including cancer cells

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If he ordered cytology he was looking for abnormal cells including cancer cells

Answered 3/23/2023

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A member asked:

If the urologist orders a urine cytology, is he only looking for cancer cause he said he wasnt looking for that so then what would you be looking for?

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