Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về hóa học được đăng trên tạp chí sinh học quốc tế đề tài : Can urinary exosomes act as treatment response markers in prostate cancer? | Journal of Translational Medicine BioMed Central Open Access Can urinary exosomes act as treatment response markers in prostate cancer Paul J Mitchell 1 Joanne Welton 1 John Staffurth1 Jacquelyn Court2 Malcolm D Mason1 Zsuzsanna Tabi1 and Aled Clayton 1 Address 1Section of Oncology Palliative Medicine School of Medicine Cardiff University Velindre Cancer Centre Whitchurch Cardiff CF14 2TL UK and 2Cancer Services Division Velindre NHS Trust Velindre Cancer Centre Whitchurch Cardiff CF14 2TL UK Email Paul J Mitchell - Joanne Welton - John Staffurth - Jacquelyn Court - Malcolm D Mason - masonmd@ ZsuzsannaTabi - Aled Clayton - Corresponding author fEqual contributors Published 12 January 2009 Received 10 November 2008 Journal of Translational Medicine 2009 7 4 doi l479-5876-7-4 Accepted 12 January 2009 This article is available from http content 7 1 4 2009 Mitchell et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Recently nanometer sized vesicles termed exosomes have been described as a component of urine. Such vesicles may be a useful non-invasive source of markers in renal disease. Their utility as a source of markers in urological cancer remains unstudied. Our aim in this study was to investigate the feasibility and value of analysing urinary exosomes in prostate cancer patients undergoing standard therapy. Methods Ten patients with locally .