Stenzl - Figure 39
Tumour DNA in Urine Supernatants and Correlation to Tumour Characteristics
FIG. 39: The Danish group[23] showed that tumors, especially muscle-invasive tumors, can be revealed significantly earlier, even at the T0 stage, in the plasma; this is important because whereas tumor size and EORTC (European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer) risk score may give some indication, this will not be definitive.
References
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Christensen E, Birkenkamp-Demtröder K, Nordentoft I, et al. Liquid biopsy analysis of FGFR3 and PIK3CA hotspot mutations for disease surveillance in bladder Eur Urol. 2017;71:961−9 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2016.12.016