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Open Accessp15 INK4b in bladder carcinomas: decreased expression in superficial tumours
The p15 gene which encodes a cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor, is located in the 9p21 chromosomal region that is frequently deleted in human bladder transitional cell carcinomas (TCCs). The aim of the present pa...
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Open AccessLow E-cadherin expression in bladder cancer at the transcriptional and protein level provides prognostic information
We studied E-cadherin down-regulation at the protein level in frozen sections of 111 bladder tumours and 13 normal bladder specimens by means of immunohistochemistry, and at the mRNA level by semi-quantitative...
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Immune response following intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guerin instillations in superficial bladder cancer: a review
Local immunotherapy with bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) can prevent recurrences and progression of superficial bladder cancer, but the antitumoral mechanism of BCG is still unclear. The first event seems to b...
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Prognostic factors in superficial bladder cancer
A large body of evidence suggests that intravescial prophylaxis using vacilus Calmette-Guérin can favorably alter the natural history of superficial bladder cancer. The search for prognostic factors impacting ...
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Mechanisms of action of bacillus Calmette-Guérin in the treatment of superficial bladder cancer
Local immunotherapy with bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is an effective treatment to prevent recurrence and progression of superficial bladder cancer, but the antitumor mechanism of action of BCG remains uncle...
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Immunohistochemical detection of acidic fibroblast growth factor in bladder transitional cell carcinoma
Acidic fibroblast growth factor (aFGF) is a regulatory peptide which, on account of its structural homologies with the products of oncogenes, is involved in cell proliferation, differentiation, and motility. W...
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Monoclonal antibodies in bladder cancer cytology
Conventional urinary cytology is the only routine noninvasive test accepted for the early detection and follow-up of bladder cancer. However, accuracy is achieved only in high-grade tumors and the method requi...
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Immunopathology of urothelial lesions: immunological markers as predictive for clinical aggressiveness
Treatment of superficial bladder cancer is shifting toward a more conservative attitude with a widespread use of intravesical immunotherapy. There is a need for markers which can reliably identified patients a...
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Detection of transitional cell carcinoma in bladder by intravesical injection of Monoclonal antibodies
Monoclonal antibodies produced against tumor associated antigens of human bladder transitional cell carcinoma have proved to be useful in detecting malignant cells in tumor sections and bladder washings. The p...