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All patients had undergone radical nephroureterectomy, nephrectomy, diagnostic ureteroscopy, or tissue biopsy. Urine samples were collected for DNA methylation testing, cytology, and FISH. Test performance was calculated, and receiver operating characteristic curves were drawn for comparison.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Median patient age was 66 years, and \u03ba\u2009=\u20090.576 (P &amp;lt; .001) for the DNA methylation test and tissue pathology. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) of the DNA methylation test were 76%, 100%, 100%, and 74%, respectively, compared with 31%, 100%, 100%, and 50%, respectively, for cytology. The sensitivity, specificity, PPV, and NPV of cytology plus FISH were 66%, 100%, 100%, and 67%, respectively. The area under the curve (AUC) of the DNA methylation test was 0.879 (P &amp;lt; .001), and the AUC of cytology plus FISH was 0.828 (P &amp;lt; .001).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>The test performance of DNA methylation was satisfactory. The DNA methylation test for the detection of upper tract urothelial carcinoma demonstrated better sensitivity than did cytology alone or cytology with FISH, but the accuracy of the combined tests was still acceptable. Further prospective studies with larger samples are needed to confirm the clinical value of this promising method.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/ajcp\/aqad116","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,10,4]],"date-time":"2023-10-04T19:07:11Z","timestamp":1696446431000},"page":"115-121","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Comparison of DNA methylation and cytology tests in urine to detect upper tract urothelial carcinoma: A paired-design diagnostic study"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"161","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3427-2122","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Wei","family":"Wei","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Urology, Henan Provincial People\u2019s Hospital, Zhengzhou University People\u2019s Hospital , Zhengzhou , China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Danting","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of 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