Relationship between schistosomiasis and bladder cancer

MH Mostafa, SA Sheweita… - Clinical microbiology …, 1999 - Am Soc Microbiol
Carcinoma of the urinary bladder is the most common malignancy in the Middle East and
parts of Africa where schistosomiasis is a widespread problem. Much evidence supports the …

Emerging molecular markers of cancer

D Sidransky - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2002 - nature.com
Alterations in gene sequences, expression levels and protein structure or function have
been associated with every type of cancer. These'molecular markers' can be useful in …

Sensitivity and specificity of commonly available bladder tumor markers versus cytology: results of a comprehensive literature review and meta-analyses

Y Lotan, CG Roehrborn - Urology, 2003 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: To determine the clinical utility of urine-based bladder tumor markers
(UBBTMs) and cytology in the treatment of patients with transitional cell carcinoma on the …

Microsatellite alterations in plasma DNA of small cell lung cancer patients

X Qi Chen, M Stroun, JL Magnenat, LP Nicod… - Nature medicine, 1996 - nature.com
Microsatellite instability is an important characteristic of many tumor types1–8 especially
those associated with hereditary non–polyposis colorectal carcinoma (HNPCC) syndrome6 …

Microsatellite alterations in serum DNA of head and neck cancer patients

H Nawroz, W Koch, P Anker, M Stroun, D Sidransky - Nature medicine, 1996 - nature.com
Microsatellite DNA alterations are an integral part of neoplastic progression and are
valuable as clonal markers for the detection of human cancers1–3. Moreover, recent …

Detection of nucleic acid sequence differences using coupled ligase detection and polymerase chain reactions

F Barany, M Lubin - US Patent 6,027,889, 2000 - Google Patents
The present invention relates to the detection of nucleic acid sequence differences using
coupled ligase detection reaction and polymerase chain reaction. One aspect of the present …

Bladder tumor markers beyond cytology: International Consensus Panel on bladder tumor markers

VB Lokeshwar, T Habuchi, HB Grossman, WM Murphy… - Urology, 2005 - Elsevier
This is the first of 2 articles that summarize the findings of the International Consensus Panel
on cytology and bladder tumor markers. The objectives of our panel were to reach a …

Methods for detection of genetic disorders

RS Dhallan - US Patent 7,727,720, 2010 - Google Patents
First worldwide family litigation filed litigation https://patents. darts-ip. com/? family=
46322521&utm_source= google_patent&utm_medium= platform_link&utm_campaign …

Nucleic acid-based methods for the detection of cancer

D Sidransky - Science, 1997 - science.org
Continued elucidation of the genetic changes that drive cancer progression is yielding new
and potentially powerful nucleic acid–based markers of neoplastic disease. Pilot studies …

Promoter Hypermethylation Patterns of p16, O6-Methylguanine-DNA-methyltransferase, and Death-associated Protein Kinase in Tumors and Saliva of Head and …

SLB Rosas, W Koch, MGC Carvalho, L Wu, J Califano… - Cancer research, 2001 - AACR
Aberrant promoter hypermethylation is common in head and neck cancer and may be useful
as a marker for cancer cells. We examined whether cells with tumor-specific aberrant DNA …