Medical Term:

brush catheter

 

Definition: a ureteral catheter with a finely bristled brush tip that is endoscopically passed into the ureter or renal pelvis and, by gentle to-and-fro movement, brushes cells from the surface of suspected tumors.

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Examples: glitazone, GI cocktail, etc.

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