The most sensitive marker of proteinuria is elevated urine albumin.
This finding suggests that MCM2 may prove to be a more sensitive intermediate marker for lung cancer risk than Ki-67.
However, around 85% of PA patients have parietal cell antibodies, which means they are a sensitive marker for the disease.
(Urine detection of survivin is a sensitive marker for the non-invasive diagnosis of bladder cancer.)
Researchers have also found that plasmalogen levels in the blood plasma of cardiovascular disease patients are a sensitive surrogate marker of oxidative stress.
C-reactive protein (CRP) is a sensitive but non-specific marker for inflammation.
Future advances in technology may disclose other, more sensitive markers of cell proliferation whose predictive accuracy is greater.
MUC4 is also found to be a very sensitive and specific marker in low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma,.
Pepsin in airway specimens is considered to be a sensitive and specific marker for laryngopharyngeal reflux.
Myoglobin is a sensitive marker for muscle injury, making it a potential marker for heart attack in patients with chest pain.