title: Recent advances in high-throughput molecular marker identification for superficial and invasive bladder cancers.
abstract: Bladder cancer is the fifth most common neoplasm in industrialized countries. Due to frequent recurrences of the superficial form of this disease, bladder cancer ranks as one of the most common cancers. Despite the description of a large number of tumor markers for bladder cancers, none have individually contributed to the management of the disease. However, the development of high-throughput techniques for simultaneous assessment of a large number of markers has allowed classification of tumors into clinically relevant molecular subgroups beyond those possible by pathological classification. Here, we review the recent advances in high-throughput molecular marker identification for superficial and invasive bladder cancers.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, DK-8200 Aarhus N, Denmark. lars@ki.au.dk
authors.forename: Lars
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dyrskjot
authors.forename: Karsten
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zieger
authors.forename: Torben Falck
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Orntoft
mesh_terms: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D011379:Prognosis; D040081:Protein Array Analysis; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor