CLINICOPATHOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF OCT4 EXPRESSION IN PATIENTS WITH CARCINOMA OF THE URINARY BLADDER

Dr. Morooj Jassim Mohammed* and Omar Adnan Ibraheem

ABSTRACT

Bladder cancer ranks as the most common neoplasm involving the urinary tract and the ninth most prevalent malignant tumor in the world.[1] It is the sixth most prevalent malignant tumor in Iraq.[2] The most common type of bladder tumors diagnosed is transitional (urothelial) cell carcinoma (TCC); it constitutes more than 90% of bladder cancers.[3] Urothelial carcinoma is a highly heterogeneous disease that develops along distinct.

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