A AB BS S T TR RA AC CT T O Ob b j je ec c t ti i v ve e: : Oxi dant/an ti o xi dant ba lan ce has be en sug ges ted as an im por tant fac tor for ini ti a ti on and prog res si on of can cer. The pur po se of this study was to exa mi ne 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxy gu a no si ne (8-OHdG) le vel which is a mar ker of oxi da ti ve DNA da ma ge, su pe ro xi de dis mu ta se (SOD), glu tat hi o ne pe ro xi da se (GPx) and glu tat hi o ne S-trans fe ra se (GST) ac ti vi ti es as an ti o xi dant enz ymes, in se rum of uri nary blad der can cer, and to de ter mi ne re la ti ons bet we en me a su red pa rame ters and tu mor cha rac te ris tics such as his to lo gi cal gra de, lo cal in va si on and tu mor si ze. M Ma a t te e r ri i --a al l a an nd d M Me et t h ho od ds s: : Forty pa ti ents with uri nary blad der can cer we re inc lu ded in the study. Blo od samp les we re col lec ted just be fo re the re sec ti on. Se rum le vels of 8-OHdG we re me a su red with a com pe ti ti ve ELI SA kit, SOD and GPx ac ti vi ti es we re me a su red by spec trop ho to met ric kits, GST ac ti vity was de ter mi ned by spec trop ho to met ric as say. R Re e s su ul lt ts s: : The re was no sig ni fi cant dif fe ren ce bet we en pa ti ent and con trol gro ups for se rum 8-OHdG le vel and GPx ac ti vity. Ho we ver se rum SOD ac ti vity was sig ni fi cantly lo wer (P< 0.001) and GST ac ti vity was sig ni fi cantly hig her (P< 0.001) in the pa ti ent gro up as com pa red to con trol gro up. Tu mor si ze fo und to be ne ga ti vely cor re la ted with GST ac ti vity (r: -0.43, P< 0.01). C Co on nc c l lu u s si i o on n: : Da ta show that se rum le vel of 8-OHdG does not have a prog nos tic po ten ti al for uri nary blad der can cer. An ti o xi dant ba lan ce is dis tur bed in the se pati ents however chan ges in an ti o xi dant enz yme ac ti vi ti es does not have a prog nos tic va lu e. The most pro mi sing an ti o xi dant enz yme is GST be ca u se of its ne ga ti ve as so ci a ti on with tu mor si ze.K Ke ey y W Wo or rd ds s: : Glu tat hi o ne pe ro xi da se; su pe ro xi de dis mu ta se; glu tat hi o ne trans fe ra se; 8-hydroxy-2'-de oxy gu a no si ne; uri nary blad der ne op lasms Ö ÖZ ZE ET T A Am ma aç ç: : Ok si dan/an ti ok si dan den ge nin kan ser olu şu mu ve iler le me sin de önem li bir fak tör ol du ğu ile ri sü rül mek te dir. Bu ça lış ma nın ama cı me sa ne kan ser li has ta lar da se rum da DNA ok sidas yo nu be lir te ci olan 8-hid rok si-2'-de ok si gu a no zin (8-OHdG) dü ze yi ile an ti ok si dan ak ti vi te ola rak sü pe rok sit dis mu taz (SOD), glu tat yon pe rok si daz (GPx) ve glu tat yon S-trans fe raz (GST) ak ti vi te le ri ni ölç mek ve bu pa ra met re le rin his to lo jik gra de, lo kal in vaz yon, tü mör bü yük lü ğü gibi tü mör ka rak te ris tik le ri ile iliş ki le ri ni be lir le mek tir. G Ge e r re eç ç v ve e Y Yö ön n t te em m l le er r: : Me sa ne kan ser li 40 has ta ça lış ma kap sa mı na alın dı. Kan ör nek le ri ame li ya tın he men ön ce sin de top lan dı. Se rum 8-OHdG dü zey le ri ya rış ma lı ELI ...