Detection of FGFR3 and PIK3CA mutations in DNA isolated from urine sediment of bladder cancer patients
More than 13 thousand cases of bladder cancer are registered in Russia annually that represents an actual problem in modern urologic oncology. Searching and characterization of new molecular markers of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC – 80% of bladder cancer cases), identified in tumor cells from urine sediment are needed. We have provided complex analysis of mutations in the key oncogenes of NMIBC using PCR and subsequent sequencing of exons 7 and 10 of the gene FGFR3, exons 9 and 20 of the gene PIK3CA.