Unhelpful: Evaluation of Soluble Mesothelin-Related Peptide as a Diagnostic Marker of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Effusions: Its Contribution to Cytology

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23249166

Cancer Invest. 2012 Dec 18. [Epub ahead of print]

Evaluation of Soluble Mesothelin-Related Peptide as a Diagnostic Marker of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Effusions: Its Contribution to Cytology.

Canessa PA, Franceschini MC, Ferro P, Battolla E, Dessanti P, Manta C, Sivori M, Pezzi R, Fontana V, Fedeli F, Pistillo MP, Roncella S.

Source

>Division of Pneumology , La Spezia , Italy1.

Abstract

Soluble mesothelin-related peptide (SMRP) is regarded as an FDA approved biomarker for the diagnosis and monitoring of pleural malignantmesothelioma (MPM). We detected the SMRP levels in pleural effusions (PE) by means of an ELISA and analyzed their diagnostic relevance to differentiate MPM from benign pathology and from non-MPM pleural metastasis. Comparison with cytology in MPM-PE was also performed. We found that SMRP detection in MPM-PE can help the diagnosis of MPM and provide additional diagnostic value to cytology. We concluded that SMRP test may be incorporated into clinical practice of PE from patients suspicious for MPM.