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Protein profiling of urine in the diagnosis of bladder cancer

Nature Clinical Practice Urology volume 2, pages 207–208 (2005)Cite this article

Liu W et al. (2005) Using tree analysis pattern and SELDI-TOF-MS to discriminate transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder cancer from noncancer patients. Eur Urol 47: 456–462

Protein profiling of urine samples can be used to detect and diagnose transitional-cell carcinoma of the bladder with high sensitivity and specificity, according to a recent study by Liu et al.

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SURFACE-ENHANCED LASER DESORPTION/IONIZATION TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY (SELDI-TOF-MS)

Method for sorting the proteins in a biologic sample into groups based on common properties, visualised as peaks, read by a ProteinChip® Reader. Proteins of interest can be purified

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Protein profiling of urine in the diagnosis of bladder cancer. Nat Rev Urol 2, 207–208 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpuro0172

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