Elevated Pre-Treatment Serum MMP-7 Levels Are Associated with the Presence of Metastasis and Poor Survival in Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma

Elevated Pre-Treatment Serum MMP-7 Levels Are Associated with the Presence of Metastasis and Poor Survival in Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma

Upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) is a rare cancer with a barely predictable clinical behaviour. Serum MMP-7 is a validated prognostic marker in urothelial bladder cancer, a tumour entity with large clinical, histological, and molecular similarity to UTUC. The serum MMP-7 levels have not yet b...

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Main Authors: Petra Terézia Kovács, Tamás Mayer, Anita Csizmarik, Melinda Váradi, Csilla Oláh, Ádám Széles, Stephan Tschirdewahn, Ulrich Krafft, Boris Hadaschik, Péter Nyirády, Péter Riesz, Tibor Szarvas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-03-01
Series:Biomedicines
Subjects:
upper urinary tract cancer
UTUC
MMP-7
matrix metalloproteinase
biomarker
prognosis
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/10/3/698

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