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Diagnostic value of tissue polypeptide-specific antigen (TPS) in neuroblastoma and Wilms' tumour.

Although tissue polypeptide-specific antigen (TPS) has been described as a potentially useful serum marker of tumour activity in adult epithelial tumours, few data are available for childhood malignancies. Neuroblastomas and Wilms' tumours are the commonest types of solid malignancies found in...

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Autores principales: Rebhandl, W., Rami, B., Turnbull, J., Felberbauer, F. X., Paya, K., Bancher-Todesca, D., Gherardini, R., Mittlboeck, M., Horcher, E.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2063223/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9836484
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author Rebhandl, W.
Rami, B.
Turnbull, J.
Felberbauer, F. X.
Paya, K.
Bancher-Todesca, D.
Gherardini, R.
Mittlboeck, M.
Horcher, E.
author_facet Rebhandl, W.
Rami, B.
Turnbull, J.
Felberbauer, F. X.
Paya, K.
Bancher-Todesca, D.
Gherardini, R.
Mittlboeck, M.
Horcher, E.
author_sort Rebhandl, W.
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description Although tissue polypeptide-specific antigen (TPS) has been described as a potentially useful serum marker of tumour activity in adult epithelial tumours, few data are available for childhood malignancies. Neuroblastomas and Wilms' tumours are the commonest types of solid malignancies found in the retroperitoneum of children. At this time, a widely used marker for Wilms' tumour is not available. Using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kit, serum TPS levels in 23 children with neuroblastomas, nine with Wilms' tumours and 22 with benign tumours were evaluated to test the usefulness of the marker in identifying malignancies. Compared with healthy children (n = 110), the preoperative least-square means (LSM) of serum TPS were considerably elevated in both neuroblastoma (LSM = 209 U l(-1)) and Wilms' tumour (LSM = 235 U l(-1)), whereas values in benign tumours were only slightly elevated. Although the Wilms' tumours were associated with higher preoperative serum TPS levels, there was no statistically significant difference compared with neuroblastomas. Receiver operating characteristic analysis (ROC curves) showed a high sensitivity and specificity for both malignancies. Successful treatment resulted in decrease in TPS serum values. Serum TPS measurements in children presenting with abdominal masses can help in diagnosing the two commonest extracranial solid malignancies of childhood. Furthermore, TPS could acquire a pivotal role in monitoring therapy.
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spelling pubmed-20632232009-09-10 Diagnostic value of tissue polypeptide-specific antigen (TPS) in neuroblastoma and Wilms' tumour. Rebhandl, W. Rami, B. Turnbull, J. Felberbauer, F. X. Paya, K. Bancher-Todesca, D. Gherardini, R. Mittlboeck, M. Horcher, E. Br J Cancer Research Article Although tissue polypeptide-specific antigen (TPS) has been described as a potentially useful serum marker of tumour activity in adult epithelial tumours, few data are available for childhood malignancies. Neuroblastomas and Wilms' tumours are the commonest types of solid malignancies found in the retroperitoneum of children. At this time, a widely used marker for Wilms' tumour is not available. Using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kit, serum TPS levels in 23 children with neuroblastomas, nine with Wilms' tumours and 22 with benign tumours were evaluated to test the usefulness of the marker in identifying malignancies. Compared with healthy children (n = 110), the preoperative least-square means (LSM) of serum TPS were considerably elevated in both neuroblastoma (LSM = 209 U l(-1)) and Wilms' tumour (LSM = 235 U l(-1)), whereas values in benign tumours were only slightly elevated. Although the Wilms' tumours were associated with higher preoperative serum TPS levels, there was no statistically significant difference compared with neuroblastomas. Receiver operating characteristic analysis (ROC curves) showed a high sensitivity and specificity for both malignancies. Successful treatment resulted in decrease in TPS serum values. Serum TPS measurements in children presenting with abdominal masses can help in diagnosing the two commonest extracranial solid malignancies of childhood. Furthermore, TPS could acquire a pivotal role in monitoring therapy. Nature Publishing Group|1 1998-12 /pmc/articles/PMC2063223/ /pubmed/9836484 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
spellingShingle Research Article
Rebhandl, W.
Rami, B.
Turnbull, J.
Felberbauer, F. X.
Paya, K.
Bancher-Todesca, D.
Gherardini, R.
Mittlboeck, M.
Horcher, E.
Diagnostic value of tissue polypeptide-specific antigen (TPS) in neuroblastoma and Wilms' tumour.
title Diagnostic value of tissue polypeptide-specific antigen (TPS) in neuroblastoma and Wilms' tumour.
title_full Diagnostic value of tissue polypeptide-specific antigen (TPS) in neuroblastoma and Wilms' tumour.
title_fullStr Diagnostic value of tissue polypeptide-specific antigen (TPS) in neuroblastoma and Wilms' tumour.
title_full_unstemmed Diagnostic value of tissue polypeptide-specific antigen (TPS) in neuroblastoma and Wilms' tumour.
title_short Diagnostic value of tissue polypeptide-specific antigen (TPS) in neuroblastoma and Wilms' tumour.
title_sort diagnostic value of tissue polypeptide-specific antigen (tps) in neuroblastoma and wilms' tumour.
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2063223/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9836484
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