IN VITRO METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING AND MONITORING METASTASIZED BLADDER CANCER USING THE DETERMINATION OF MMP -7 IN THE CIRCULATION OF PATIENTS

摘要

Use of matrix metalloproteinase 7 (MMP-7) and/or its precursors and fragments with MMP-7 immunoreactivity measured in blood, serum or plasma samples obtained from a patient in diagnostic in vitro methods for the detection, early detection, monitoring and/or prognosis of metastatic bladder cancer in human patients.