Can a Patient with Neuroblastoma Be Diagnosed by a Single Urine Sample Collected Randomly?
作者:
Motoi Nishi,
Hirotsugu Miyake,
Tokeo Takeda,
Nobuo Takasugi,
Junji Hanai,
Tsuneaki Kawai,
期刊:
Oncology
(Karger Available online 1991)
卷期:
Volume 48,
issue 1
页码: 31-33
ISSN:0030-2414
年代: 1991
DOI:10.1159/000226890
出版商: S. Karger AG
关键词: Vanillylmandelic acid;Homovanillic acid;Mass screening;Neuroblastoma
数据来源: Karger
摘要:
We have observed that a fairly large amount of vanillylmandelic acid and homovanillic acid in urine samples taken randomly from patients with a tumor of about 10 g was less than the cutoff values and overlapped with the respective ranges of normal infants. Consequently, with only a single random urine sample there is a risk of overlooking a patient, especially in cases where the tumor is small. However, according to theoretical calculation, several random urine samples may enable us to discriminate a patient from a normal infant and can replace the 24-hour urine accumulation for 3 days which is currently performed for final judgement in the mass screening of neuroblastoma. urine sample randomly taken can replace the 24-hour urine specimen. In the present report, we investigate whether a patient can be discriminated from a normal infant by randomly sampled urine.
点击下载:
PDF
(990KB)
返 回