...Marco Oderda; Fulvio Ricceri; Francesca Pisano; Chiara Fiorito; Alberto Gurioli; Giovanni Casetta; Andrea Zitella; Donatella Pacchioni; Paolo Gontero Objectives: To prospectively evaluate the prognostic utility of the traditional prognostic factors and molecular markers p53 and Ki-67...

... or synchronous bladder cancer, and group 2 patients with UUT tumors only. We analyzed the differences between the 2 groups with respect to the expression of various biomarkers (p53, Rb, Ki-67, PTEN, and bcl-2) and in terms of clinical parameters. Results: The 2 groups differed significantly in terms...

... instillation. An immunohistochemical streptavidin-biotin-peroxidase technique was performed to investigate Ki-67 expression and the DNA ploidy status was measured using static cytometry. Results: In urothelium exposed to MMC lesions such as simple hyperplasia, dysplasia, carcinoma in situ(CIS), and squamous...

... plays a role in promotion of epithelial hyperplasia and cyst formation, its involvement in further progression is however not proven. Ki-67 is a marker for cellular proliferation. We assessed immunohistochemical expression of EGF-r and Ki-67 in epithelium of normal kidney, single cysts without PKD...