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. 2024 Dec 2;9:336. doi: 10.1038/s41392-024-02021-w

Table 9.

Liquid biopsy in urologic system cancers

Cancer Liquid biomarker Origin Tendency Downstream target Function Reference
RCC ctDNA Plasma up Prognostic biomarker, Disease progression biomarker 308
cfDNA Plasma up Early diagnostic biomarker, Prognostic biomarker 309
TP53 mutation Plasma up Prognostic biomarker 310
VHL, BAP1, PBRM1 mutation Plasma up Prognostic biomarker 311
ctDNA methylation Urine, Plasma up Early diagnostic biomarker 299
miR-21-5p, miR-150-5p, miR-145-5p, miR-146a-5p Serum up Early diagnostic biomarker 300
miR-328-3p Urine down Prognostic biomarker 301
miR-122-5p, miR-206 Serum up Prognostic biomarker 302
miR-15a Urine up Early diagnostic biomarker, Prognostic biomarker 313
MiR-30a-5p methylation Urine up Early diagnostic biomarker, Prognostic biomarker 303
miR-210, miR-1233 Serum exosome up Early diagnostic biomarker 315
has-mir-149-3p, has-mir-424-3p Plasma exosome up Early diagnostic biomarker 316
has-mir-92a-1-5p Plasma exosome down Early diagnostic biomarker 316
BLCA CTCs Peripheral blood up Early diagnostic biomarker 340
CTCs Peripheral blood up Efficacy monitoring biomarker 345
CTCs Peripheral blood up Prognostic biomarker 341
p16(INK4a) methylation Serum up Early diagnostic biomarker 324
APC, GSTP1, TIG1 methylation Serum up Prognostic biomarker 325
p14ARF methylation Plasma up Tumor recurrence biomarker 326
CDH13 methylation Serum up Prognostic biomarker 327
ctDNA VAF Plasma up Efficacy monitoring biomarker 348
ctDNA VAF Plasma up Disease progression biomarker 349
ctDNA Plasma up Efficacy monitoring biomarker, Tumor recurrence biomarker 350
miR-19a Plasma up PTEN Early diagnostic biomarker 328
miR-200b Plasma up Early diagnostic biomarker 329
miR-92, miR-33 Plasma down Early diagnostic biomarker 329
miR-663b Plasma exosome up Ets2 deterrence factor Early diagnostic biomarker 333
BLCA-4 Urine up Early diagnostic biomarker 334
MCM5 Urine up Early diagnostic biomarker 335
WT miR-124-3p/miR-9-3p/miR-218-5p/miR-490-5p/miR-1538 Serum up Early diagnostic biomarker 549
TP53 mutation Plasma, Serum, Urine up Tumor recurrence biomarker 358
ctDNA Serum up Early diagnostic biomarker, Prognostic biomarker 359
Hyaluronidase Urine up Early diagnostic biomarker 361
Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) Urine up Early diagnostic biomarker, Prognostic biomarker 362
UC cfDNA Plasma up Early diagnostic biomarker 364
ctDNA mutation Plasma up Efficacy monitoring biomarker 365
ctDNA methylation Urine up Early diagnostic biomarker 367
TERT mutation, ONECUT2 methylation Urine up Early diagnostic biomarker 371
miR-1343-5p, miR-6087 Serum up Early diagnostic biomarker 372
miR-141 Serum up Early diagnostic biomarker 373
miR-151b Serum up Prognostic biomarker 374