Serum adenosine deaminase, catalase and carbonic anhydrase activities in patients with bladder cancer
No Thumbnail Available
Date
2012
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The relationship between adenosine deaminase and various cancers has been investigated in several studies. However, serum adenosine deaminase activity and carbonic anhydrase and catalase activities in patients with bladder cancer have not previously been reported. Therefore, the aim of this study was to measure serum adenosine deaminase, carbonic anhydrase and catalase activities in patients with bladder cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Forty patients with bladder cancer and 30 healthy controls were enrolled in the study. Serum adenosine deaminase, carbonic anhydrase and catalase activities were measured spectrophotometrically. RESULTS: Serum adenosine deaminase, carbonic anhydrase and catalase activities were significantly higher in patients with bladder cancer than controls (all significant, p<0.001). CONCLUSIONS: These markers might be a potentially important finding as an additional diagnostic biochemical tool for bladder cancer. © 2012 CLINICS.
Description
Keywords
Adenosine Deaminase , Aged , Carbonic Anhydrases , Catalase , Epidemiologic Methods , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Spectrophotometry , Tumor Markers, Biological , Urinary Bladder Neoplasms , adenosine deaminase , carbonate dehydratase , catalase , tumor marker , aged , article , bladder tumor , blood , enzymology , epidemiology , human , male , middle aged , spectrophotometry