Serum and urinary tissue polypeptide antigen (TPA) in patients with urological cancer

We measured the serum and urinary TPA in 64 patients with urological cancer, 55 patients with benign urological disease and 37 healthy volunteers. The serum TPA levels in patients with pre-treated cancer were significantly higher than those of healthy volunteers, but showed no significant difference...

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Publié dans:Hinyokika kiyo. Acta urologica Japonica. - 1962. - 31(1985), 12 vom: 01. Dez., Seite 2113-9
Auteur principal: Kazama, T (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Katayama, T, Yamazaki, N
Format: Article
Langue:Japanese
Publié: 1985
Accès à la collection:Hinyokika kiyo. Acta urologica Japonica
Sujets:English Abstract Journal Article Peptides Tissue Polypeptide Antigen
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Résumé:We measured the serum and urinary TPA in 64 patients with urological cancer, 55 patients with benign urological disease and 37 healthy volunteers. The serum TPA levels in patients with pre-treated cancer were significantly higher than those of healthy volunteers, but showed no significant difference compared to those in patients with a benign urological disease. The urinary TPA levels in patients with pre-treated cancer were significantly higher than those with a benign urological disease, but in some patients with urinary tract infection, very high urinary TPA concentrations were observed. Therefore, the determination of serum and urinary TPA may be useful in detecting urological cancer, but they were not specific tests. On the other hand, as lower serum and urinary TPA levels were observed after treatment of bladder and prostatic cancer, their determinations were considered to be useful in following up patients with these cancers
Description:Date Completed 25.04.1986
Date Revised 15.11.2006
published: Print
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:0018-1994