Tu-M2-PK in the blood of testicular and cubital veins in men with testicular cancer.
We wanted to verity whether M2-PK is a useful marker in testicular cancer. In a prospective study of 20 consecutive patients, blood was drawn from the testicular and the cubital vein before semicastration and later. For the detection of M2-PK we used the Assay of ScheboTech. In the testicular vein M2-PK was 11.2 U/ml. In the cubital vein it was 6.2 U/ml before semicastration, increasing in the following days. There were no significant differences between testicular and cubital vein blood, between the non-metastasized patients and the metastasized stages and between the patients with seminoma and non-seminomatous tumors. There is no profit in the diagnosis of testicular cancer using Tu-M2-PK.
Pottek
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Armed Forces Hospital Hamburg, Department of Urology, Lesserstr. 180, D-22049 Hamburg, Germany.
Müller
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Blum
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Hartmann
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D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011770:Pyruvate Kinase / Q000097:blood*; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000201:enzymology; D014680:Veins / Q000201:enzymology
D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D011770:Pyruvate Kinase