Antiproliferative factor may offer marker for IC

[webslave]

Antiproliferative factor may offer marker for IC
Bladder factor is shown to have >90% sensitivity/specificity for IC, research shows
http://www.urologytimes.com/urologytime ... p?id=91998

[comment: this may only mean that APF is produced when the inflammation is centred in the bladder. It does not mean that chronic prostatitis is essentially different from chronic sterile cystitis]

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Cooled TUMT appears feasible for chronic prostatitis
http://www.urologytimes.com/urologytime ... p?id=84611

[alphacentauri]

Antiproliferative factor may offer marker for IC
Bladder factor is shown to have >90% sensitivity/specificity for IC, research shows
http://www.urologytimes.com/urologytime ... p?id=91998

This must be the Susan Keay study discussed here: viewtopic.php?t=1447

[comment: this may only mean that APF is produced when the inflammation is centred in the bladder. It does not mean that chronic prostatitis is essentially different from chronic sterile cystitis]

Yes, but a more precise diagnostic procedure is always good news. Besides, we simply don't know the exact relationship of CP & IC. Even if they are 2 dots on the same spectrum, they may require a somewhat different treatment approach. Of course, the same can be said for any 2 men diagnosed with CP.

Just curious, assuming it turns out that APF gets the marker status, how long til uros start using it as their standard diagnostic tool? One year? Five?