Detection of Methylated RAR in the Urine of Bladder Cancer Patients: Molecular screening of bladder cancer Project PI: Sanaa Eissa Ain Shams Faculty of Medicine

Ibrahim, Ahmed, Eissa, Sanaa

ISBN 10: 3847379240 / ISBN 13: 9783847379249

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

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• Title: Detection of Methylated RAR in the Urine of Bladder Cancer Patients: Molecular screening of bladder cancer Project PI: Sanaa Eissa Ain Shams Faculty of Medicine
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3847379240
• ISBN 13: 9783847379249
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Like New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

Bladder cancer is an important public health problem in Egypt which constitutes 30% of all cancers. Cytology could serve as an excellent test for screening but it is of lower sensitivity. Early diagnosis is critical for maximizing the cure rate of bladder cancer patients, so many urine-based tumor markers have been developed for use in detecting and monitoring bladder cancers. Hypermethylation of CpG islands in the promoter regions of RARβ2 tumor suppressor gene is a major event in the origin of many cancers. In the present study detection of methylated RARβ2 gene was done in the urine of 183 subjects including normal, benign and malignant cases using MS-PCR technique. Results revealed marked urinary RARβ2 promoter hypermethylation in malignant group as compared to benign and normal groups. The sensitivity of detection of RARβ2 promoter hypermethylation was (83.6%) and the specificity was (89.7%), while the sensitivity of urine cytology was (52.2%). Combined use of detection of urinary RARβ2 promoter hypermethylation with urine cytology increased the sensitivity of cytology from 52.2% to 89.5%.

About the Author

Ass-lecturer of biochemistry- faculty of pharmacy, Misr University for Science and Technology . Coauthor: Sanaa Eissa:Prof of medical biochemistry and molecular biology at Ain Shams University Faculty of medicineLeading research in developing novel diagnostic tests for bladder cancer with 51 international publications