A comparative analysis of rapid urine tests for the diagnosis of upper urinary tract malignancy
D. Robert Siemens, Alvaro Morales, Brenda Johnston, Laurel Emerson
Canadian Journal of Urology, Vol.10, No.1, pp. 1754-1758, 2003
Abstract Objectives: To compare the effectiveness of two rapid urine tests fibrinogen / fibrin degradation products FDP (Aura Tek FDP, PerImmune Inc., Rockville, Maryland, USA) and bladder tumor antigen BTA (Bard BTA, Bard Canada Inc., Mississauga, Ontario, Canada) to urinary cytology in establishing the diagnosis of transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) in patients with suspected upper tract malignancy.
Materials and methods: In a prospective study, urine samples were collected from 29 patients with abnormalities of the upper tracts highly suspicious for malignancy. Sensitivity and specificity of the BTA and FDP tests were determined and compared to those of cytology.… More >