Chernobyl-related Bladder Lesions: New Interpretation Required

Abstract

Sergei V. Jargin

Some aspects of practical pathology in the former Soviet Union, having a potential impact on the diagnostic quality, as well as possible mechanisms of false-positive diagnostics of malignant and premalignant lesions after the Chernobyl accident were discussed previously. In particular, overdiagnosis appears probable in regard to the bladder lesions detected in the radio-contaminated areas. Some studies on the postChernobyl bladder lesions are valuable but require new interpretation.