Methods
Thirty patients with NMIBC and 30 age-matched controls were included in
the study. Preoperative, postoperative first control (at two weeks after
second transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT)) and second
control (at the end of intravesical immunotherapy) blood samples were
analyzed by ELISA to determine IL-1, IL-6, IL-8 and neopterin levels.
The mean cytokine levels of the patients were statistically compared as
well as comparing the patients’ and controls’ levels.