Non-invasive methods to detect schistosome-based bladder cancer: is the association sufficient for epidemiological use?

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-5

  Shiff, Clive ^a   Naples, Jean M ^a   Isharwal, Sumit ^b   Bosompem, Kwabena M ^c   Veltri, Robert W ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c University of Ghana   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Bladder cancer; Diagnosis; Schistosoma haematobium; Squamous cell carcinoma; Urinary schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 20; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; HERMES ANTIGEN; HYALURONIDASE; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEAR MATRIX PROTEIN 22; TUMOR MARKER;

BLADDER CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CELL KINETICS; CYSTOSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MORPHOMETRICS; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE LOCALIZATION; PRECANCER; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HUMANS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RISK FACTORS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

EID: 70849126295     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.05.013     Document Type: Review

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