Evaluation of Urine Aquaporin-1 and Perilipin-2 Concentrations as Biomarkers to Screen for Renal Cell Carcinoma

Abstract
Cancers of the kidney and renal pelvis are the most lethal urologic malignant neoplasms. There has been a steady rise in their incidence, and they now account for almost 4% of adult malignant neoplasms.1-5 The overall age-adjusted renal cancer incidence is 51.7 per 100 000 for individuals older than 50 years.5