Clinical Study of Urine NMP 22 (Nuclear Matrix Protein 22) as a Tumor Marker in Urinary Epithelial Cancer

Abstract

The prognosis of urinary epithelial cancer is still poor, and early detection of this cancer is strongly desirable. The sensitivity of conventional urinary cytology is not satisfactory enough. It is hoped that a specific tumor marker will be established. In recent years, it has been reported that urine NMP 22 is very useful and that urine BFP is also relatively useful. We have now determined urine NMP22 and BFP and studied their clinical usefulness as a tumor marker. Using patients diagnosed with histologically confirmed urinary epithelial cancer as the subjects, we retrospectively studied the usefulness of NMP 22, BFP and cytology mainly with regard to the sensitivity (positivity rate), and also in relation to atypia, degree of infiltration and clinical course.

Key words

Urine NMP 22 - urinary epithelial cancer

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