[HTML][HTML] A review on the accuracy of bladder cancer detection methods

CZ Zhu, HN Ting, KH Ng, TA Ong - Journal of cancer, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background and purpose: Bladder cancer is the most common malignant tumour in the
urinary system, with a high incidence and recurrence rate. While the incidence of bladder …

Active surveillance for clinically localized prostate cancer––A systematic review

FB Thomsen, K Brasso, LH Klotz… - Journal of surgical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Active surveillance (AS) has been introduced as an observational strategy to delay or avoid
curative treatment without compromising long‐term cancer‐specific survival. The 10 studies …

Toward the detection of prostate cancer in urine: a critical analysis

M Truong, B Yang, DF Jarrard - The Journal of urology, 2013 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: Prostate specific antigen and digital rectal examination have low specificity for
detecting prostate cancer and they poorly predict the presence of aggressive disease. Urine …

Androgen regulation of the TMPRSS2 gene and the effect of a SNP in an androgen response element

L Clinckemalie, L Spans, V Dubois… - Molecular …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
More than 50% of prostate cancers have undergone a genomic reorganization that
juxtaposes the androgen-regulated promoter of TMPRSS2 and the protein coding parts of …

[HTML][HTML] Urinary biomarkers for prostate cancer: a review

D Hessels, JA Schalken - Asian journal of andrology, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Although the routine use of serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing has undoubtedly
increased prostate cancer (PCa) detection, one of its main drawbacks is its lack of specificity …

Urine TMPRSS2: ERG fusion transcript as a biomarker for prostate cancer: literature review

F Sanguedolce, A Cormio, M Brunelli, A D'Amuri… - Clinical genitourinary …, 2016 - Elsevier
Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the most common male malignancies. Serum prostate-
specific antigen (PSA) is one of the most valuable biomarkers in tumor biology and remains …

Association of ERG and TMPRSS2‐ERG with grade, stage, and prognosis of prostate cancer is dependent on their expression levels

A Font‐Tello, N Juanpere, S De Muga, M Lorenzo… - The …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND There is controversy in the literature on the role of the fusion TMPRSS2‐
ERG in the pathogenesis and progression of prostate cancer. The quantitative differences in …

[HTML][HTML] The present and future of prostate cancer urine biomarkers

M Rigau, M Olivan, M Garcia, T Sequeiros… - International journal of …, 2013 - mdpi.com
In order to successfully cure patients with prostate cancer (PCa), it is important to detect the
disease at an early stage. The existing clinical biomarkers for PCa are not ideal, since they …

Prostate health index (phi) and prostate cancer antigen 3 (PCA3) significantly improve diagnostic accuracy in patients undergoing prostate biopsy

S Perdona, D Bruzzese, M Ferro, R Autorino… - The …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Prostate health index (phi) and prostate cancer antigen 3 (PCA3) have
been recently proposed as novel biomarkers for prostate cancer (PCa). We assessed the …

Novel biomarkers for prostate cancer: an evidence‐based review for use in clinical practice

VM Narayan, BR Konety… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Prostate cancer is a heterogeneous disease with disparate outcomes. Traditional clinical
parameters are limited in their ability to differentiate between these cases, and there is …