The present invention provides a method for detecting the presence of or risk of
bladder cancer in a
female patient, the method comprising the steps of: detecting the presence of a
biomarker panel in a sample isolated from a
female patient, the
biomarker panel comprising IL-13 and IL-12p70 and one or more biomarkers selected from the group consisting of BTA,
midkine, PAI-1 / tPA, 8OHdG, CEA, CK18, Fibrillin,
Creatinine, CXCL16,
Cystatin B,
Cystatin C, d-
dimer, EGF, FAS, HAD, IL-1a, IL-1b, IL-4, IL-6, IL-7, IL-8, MCP-1, Microalbumin, MMP9 NGAL, MMP9 TIMP1, NGAL, NSE, Progranulin, TUP, TGFB1,
Thrombomodulin, sTNFR1, TPA, VEGF and
Triglyceride, and / or the concentration of
albumin / microalbumin /
protein to
creatinine in a sample isolated from a
female patient, expressed as an
albumin:
creatinine ratio; and assessing the result and comparing it to a
normal control, wherein an increase in the presence of the biomarkers compared to the
normal control indicates the presence or risk of
cancer in the patient from which the sample was isolated.