Detecting human bladder carcinoma cells in voided urine samples by assaying for the presence of telomerase activity

Cancer

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 708-714

  Kavaler, Elizabeth ^a   Landman, Jaime ^a   Chang, Yongli ^a   Droller, Michael J ^a   Liu, Brian C S ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder carcinoma; Cytology; Exfoliated urothelial cells; Noninvasive assay; Telomerase; Telomeric repeat amplification protocol (TRAP) assay; Voided urine

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CARCINOMA CELL; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; URINE CYTOLOGY; UROTHELIUM;

ADULT; CYTODIAGNOSIS; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELOMERASE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; UROTHELIUM;

EID: 2642693706     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19980215)82:4<708::AID-CNCR14>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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