Cancer? Nope! That from my urologist after my last cystoscope exam last summer. While examining the inside of my bladder (which has given up some space to my bulging prostate), he obtained a sample of urine and sent that to the laboratory for microscopic examination. No cancer cells were detected with that exam. That's a major difference from 10 years ago, when I had a dozen papillary tumors of various malignancy sprouting on the internal bladder lining. In that case and at that time, the lab examined the tumors themselves after they were removed. After BCG treatment in the bladder to kill any cancer seeds remaining there, cystoscope exams were planned on a schedule of increasing duration, and that duration is now once a year. This year's was, once again, clear of any visible tumors, and -- in addition -- the newly applied test of urine reassured me that neither bladder nor kidney cancer were detected. Martin