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. 2012 Jun 27;4:33–40. doi: 10.2147/RRU.S32736

Table 1.

Sensitivity of quantitative polymerase chain reaction assay in tumor tissue and urine samples from patients with different stages of bladder cancer

Stage Sensitivity
Tumor tissue Urine
Ta 66.7% (82/123) 11.1% (3/27)
T1 38.5% (10/26) 22.2% (2/9)
≥T2 NA 0% (0/7)
All stages 61.7% (92/149)
(95% CI 53%–70%)
11.6% (5/43)
(95% CI 5%–24%)