摘要 |
<p>A method for early diagnosis of bladder tumor in a urine sample, which comprises a step of amplification of the RNA extracted from cells present in the urine by using a marker for the messenger RNA of the catalytic component of telomerase (hTRT), a marker for beta -actin to demonstrate RNA accessibility and as standard for quantitative estimation, in combination with at least one additional marker chosen from the group that comprises: a marker for a protein of the cytokeratin family, a lymphocyte marker which is suitable to detect inflammatory cells associated with neoplastic infiltration, and a final step of detecting the amplified material.</p> |