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'''RCC''' is a common [[immunostain]]. | '''RCC''' is a common [[immunostain]]. | ||
It has moderate sensitivity (72%) and specificity (79%) for [[renal cell carcinoma]].<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Bakshi | first1 = N. | last2 = Kunju | first2 = LP. | last3 = Giordano | first3 = T. | last4 = Shah | first4 = RB. | title = Expression of renal cell carcinoma antigen (RCC) in renal epithelial and nonrenal tumors: diagnostic Implications. | journal = Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol | volume = 15 | issue = 3 | pages = 310-5 | month = Sep | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1097/01.pai.0000213144.70148.8e | PMID = 17721277 }}</ref> | It has moderate [[sensitivity]] (72%) and [[specificity]] (79%) for [[renal cell carcinoma]].<ref name=pmid17721277>{{Cite journal | last1 = Bakshi | first1 = N. | last2 = Kunju | first2 = LP. | last3 = Giordano | first3 = T. | last4 = Shah | first4 = RB. | title = Expression of renal cell carcinoma antigen (RCC) in renal epithelial and nonrenal tumors: diagnostic Implications. | journal = Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol | volume = 15 | issue = 3 | pages = 310-5 | month = Sep | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1097/01.pai.0000213144.70148.8e | PMID = 17721277 }}</ref> In a [[metastasis|metastatic]] setting its sensitivity is 40%.<ref name=pmid17721277/> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 15:23, 23 November 2016
RCC is a common immunostain.
It has moderate sensitivity (72%) and specificity (79%) for renal cell carcinoma.[1] In a metastatic setting its sensitivity is 40%.[1]