title: [Value of alpha-2 globulin, as a biological tracer in the urothelial carcinoma].
abstract: We present a series of 63 patients suffering from urothelial carcinoma (53 of the bladder and 10 of the superior urinary tract) in different stages of development. We compare the serum alpha-2 globulin figures with the different parameters making up the TNM classification of the U.I.C.C (period 1974-1979), observing that there is a hyperalpha-2 globulinemia in 40% of the tumours in the superior urinary tract and that, on the other hand, the data obtained for the bladder carcinomas are not conclusive.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000276:immunology*; D000510:Alpha-Globulins / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007122:Immunoelectrophoresis; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology*; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000510:Alpha-Globulins
vernacular_title: Valor de la alfa-2 globulina, como marcador biológico en el carcinoma urotelial.