Serum Alphafetoprotein in Bladder Carcinoma

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Abstract
Cases [112], of varying ages, which were diagnosed as having carcinoma of the bladder by cystoscopy and biopsy from the tumor, were investigated for the presence of .alpha.-fetoprotein (AFP) in the sera. Of the total, 59 (52.6%) showed positive results, and no false positive results occurred. Radioimmunoassay was capable of increasing the positivity rate still further. All of the cases were proved by liver scan and laparotomy to be free of metastases, but all had bilharziasis during childhood. in which there is no further affecting the liver that is responsible for the release of AFP, as the only species of bilharziasis present in Iraq is that of Schistosoma haematobium.

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