In the cystoscopic follow-up of non-muscle-invasive transitional cell carcinoma, NMP-22 works for high grades, but unreliable in low grades and upper urinary tract tumors

Coskuner, Enis; Cevik, Ibrahim; Ozkan, Alp; DİLLİOĞLUGİL, ÖZDAL; Akdas, Atif

doi:10.1007/s11255-012-0144-x

In the cystoscopic follow-up of non-muscle-invasive transitional cell carcinoma, NMP-22 works for high grades, but unreliable in low grades and upper urinary tract tumors

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Coskuner E., Cevik I., Ozkan A., DİLLİOĞLUGİL Ö., Akdas A.

INTERNATIONAL UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY, cilt.44, sa.3, ss.793-798, 2012 (SCI-Expanded)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 44 Sayı: 3
Basım Tarihi: 2012
Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s11255-012-0144-x
Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.793-798
Anahtar Kelimeler: NMP22, Urine marker, Bladder cancer, Upper urinary tract tumor, TCC, SUPERFICIAL BLADDER-CANCER, NUCLEAR-MATRIX PROTEIN, CARE PROTEOMIC ASSAY, UROTHELIAL CANCER, NATURAL-HISTORY, RENAL PELVIS, RISK-FACTORS, IN-SITU, SURVEILLANCE, CYTOLOGY
Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Two percent of the bladder non-muscle-invasive (NMI) transitional cell carcinomas (TCC) are associated with upper urinary tract (UUT) TCC. We evaluated the role of nuclear matrix protein-22 (NMP-22) (BladderChek(A (R))) test in the diagnosis of lower urinary tract and UUT-TCC.