| Literature DB >> 33651353 |
Giulia Brisotto1, Roberto Guerrieri1, Francesca Colizzi1, Agostino Steffan1, Barbara Montico1, Elisabetta Fratta2.
Abstract
The characterization of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) is now widely studied as a promising source of cancer-derived biomarkers because of their role in tumor formation and progression. However, CTCs analysis presents some limitations and no standardized method for CTCs isolation from urine has been defined so far. In fact, besides blood, urine represents an ideal source of noninvasive biomarkers, especially for the early detection of genitourinary tumors. Besides CTCs, long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have also been proposed as potential noninvasive biomarkers, and the evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy of urinary lncRNAs has dramatically increased over the last years, with many studies being published. Therefore, this review provides an update on the clinical utility of urinary lncRNAs as novel biomarkers for the diagnosis of bladder and prostate cancers.Entities:
Keywords: Bladder cancer; Diagnostic biomarkers; Long noncoding RNAs; Prostate cancer
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Year: 2021 PMID： 33651353 DOI： 10.1007/978-1-0716-1354-2_7
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Methods Mol Biol ISSN： 1064-3745