uPAR: a beacon of malignancy?

Discriminating between benign and malignant disease is a pivotal diagnostic issue in the care of women with pelvic masses. Soluble forms of urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR) represent a promising new tool in the development of a discriminatory biomarker panel that can influence patient...

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinical cancer research 2008-09, Vol.14 (18), p.5643-5645
Hauptverfasser: Drapkin, Ronny, Clauss, Adam, Skates, Steven
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Discriminating between benign and malignant disease is a pivotal diagnostic issue in the care of women with pelvic masses. Soluble forms of urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR) represent a promising new tool in the development of a discriminatory biomarker panel that can influence patient care.
ISSN:1078-0432
DOI:10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-08-1557