Review Article

Methylation Markers for Urine-Based Detection of Bladder Cancer: The Next Generation of Urinary Markers for Diagnosis and Surveillance of Bladder Cancer

Table 2

Performance of cytology and biomarkers in studies that include patients with suspicion of bladder cancer or patients previously diagnosed with bladder cancer.

Test/markerSuspiciona/previousb history of BCSamples/ studiesSensitivity, % Median (range)Specificity, % Median (range)Reference

CytologySuspicion3331/744% (16–100)96 (94–98) [12]
Previous history of BC4495/638% (12–47)94 (83–97)

NMP22Suspicion1893/471 (56–100)86 (80–87) [12]
Previous history of BC4284/769 (50–85)81 (46–93)

ImmunoCytSuspicion280/18588 [12]
Previous history of BC326/18175

UroVysionSuspicion497/16978 [12]
Previous history of BC250/16473

PMF1Suspicion118/16595 [58, 62]
Previous history of BC

MyopodinSuspicion164/16580 [57]
Previous history of BC

IRF8, p14, and sFRP1Suspicion45/18595 [63]
Previous history of BC4/1100c

MYO3A, CA10, NKX6-2, DBC1, and SOX11 or PENKSuspicion198/18595 [64]
Previous history of BC40/185

ZNF154, EOMES, HOXA9, POU4F2, TWIST1, and VIMSuspicion79/198100 [38, 65]
Previous history of BC206/19466

TWIST1 and NID2Suspicion278/19093 [66]
Previous history of BC

RASSF1A, E-cadherin,Suspicion [79]
APC, DAPK, MGMT, BCL2, h-TERT, EDNRB, WIF1, TNFRSF25, and IGFBP3Previous history of BC40/1868

APC, RASFF1A, RARB, DBC1, SFRP1, SFRP2, SFRP4, SFRP5Suspicion146/152100 [67]
Previous history of BC

SFRP1, SFRP2, SFRP4, SFRP5, VIF-1, and DKK3Suspicion264/161.193.3 [50, 68]
Previous history of BC

RASSF1a, E-cad, and APCSuspicion104/16960 [39, 69]
Previous history of BC

APC_a, TERT_a, TERT_b, and EDNRBSuspicion [80]
Previous history of BC947255

aOnly studies that include patients with a suspicion of bladder cancer.
bOnly studies that include patients with a previous history of bladder cancer.
cSpecificity in studies using healthy individuals as controls is not shown.