Specific red cell adherence test applied to tumors of ureter and renal pelvis

M. B. Gruber, S. N. Becker, M. M. Warren, M. J. Rambo, C. P. Davis

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    Abstract

    The specific red cell adherence (SRCA) test used previously as a prognostic indicator of bladder tumors was used in a retrospective review of 14 patients with transitional cell carcinoma of the ureter and renal pelvis. SRCA-positive individuals appear to have better survival and progress less frequently to metastatic disease. Of five patients with positive reactions, none had distant metastases. Conversely, in SRCA-negative individuals metastatic disease developed more frequently (4 of 9). The SRCA test can be as useful a test of the prognosis of ureteral and renal pelvis tumors as it is of urinary bladder tumors.

    Original languageEnglish (US)
    Pages (from-to)361-365
    Number of pages5
    JournalUrology
    Volume19
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Apr 1982

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Urology

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