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. 2009 Jan-Mar;25(1):40–46. doi: 10.4103/0970-1591.45535

Table 2.

Diagnostic accuracy of different non-invasive assays

Number of cases Type of assay Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%)
Case-control studies
 Halling et al.[12] 265 FISH 81 96
 Skacel et al.[16] 120 FISH 85 97
 Placer et al.[13] 86 FISH 80 85
 Riesz et al.[17] 55 FISH 87 100
 Varella-Garcia et al.[14] 19 FISH 87 100
 Halling et al.[18] 265 FISH 81 100
BTA stat 78 74
 Sarosdy et al.[11] 176 FISH 71 100
BTA stat 50 -
 Saad et al.[23] 120 NMP22 81 87
BTA stat 63 82
 Babjuk et al.[22] 218 BTA stat 74 87
BTA TRAK 76 73
UBC rapid 49 79
UBC IRMA 70 64
 May et al.[15] 166 FISH 53 74
UBC 40 75
 Eissa et al.[26] 168 NMP22 85 91
UBC 67 81
 Adb El Gawad et al.[21] 86 NMP22 91 87
BTA 100 92
Symptomatic patients
 Sarosdy et al.[20] 497 FISH 69 78
 Laudadio et al.[19] 300 FISH 73 65
 Grossman et al.[27] 1331 NMP22 56 86
 Sharma et al.[24] 278 NMP22 82 82
BTA stat 68 82
 Atsü et al.[28] 82 NMP22 78 66
 Landman et al.[25] 77 BTA 40 73
NMP22 81 77

FISH = fluorescence in situ hybridization, BTA = bladder tumor antigen, NMP22 = nuclear matrix protein, UBC = urinary bladder cancer Tabulated according to size of case-series within each marker