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...(vii) A urinary cytology examination. (3) Periodic examinations. (i) The em..., skin examination, a urinalysis, and a urine cytology exam for early detection of urinary cance...
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... Effective than the Conventional Laboratory Urine Test in Detecting Recurrent Bladder Cancer . Matri... cancers as the laboratory based urine cytology test; is the only urine test shown to indicate whe...
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... than the Currently Used Laboratory Based Urine Cytology Test . Matritech (Amex: MZT) a leading de...
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...Urine cytology, colonoscopy, and a computed tomography o...
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... sensitivity compared to the currently used urine cytology test (sted of Dr. Lotan concluded that th...
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The first ELISA for bladder cancer is the NMP22 test kit, manufatured by Matritech Inc., Newton, Mass, for Inverness Medical Professional Diagnostics, San Diego. The quantitative microplate test, which detects elevated levels of nuclear matrix protein in a urine sample, is considered useful for both screening and monitoring applications. Its use requires a physicians's prescription at present, although Inverness and Matritech are developing a home-use version, the NMP22 BladderChek, that will be available over the counter following FDA approval. This is expected to be the first at-home test for any type of cancer.
Gen-Probe, San Diego, also has a prostate cancer test in the workers. This urine-based assay detects the messenger RNA of PCA3, a gene highly specific to prostate cancer. A re...
... to be twice as sensitive as urine cytology in detecting transitional-cell carcinoma of the ur...
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...A simple point-of-care urine test, the NMP22 BladderChek Test, was found to sig... a patient visit and costs less than cytology." . When used in combination with cystoscopy, a vi...
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.... Poster #1098 . "NMP22 as an Adjunct to Urine Cytology and Cystoscopy in Follow-up of Superficia...
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... cancer recurrence are cystoscopy and urine cytology. However, on average, urine cytology can ...
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... Medical Center, and "NMP22 as an Adjunct to Urine Cytology and Cystoscopy in Follow-up of Superficia...