SLC2A1 outperformed urine cytology and bladder tumor antigen (BTA) especially for the detection of all the stages (AUC 0.70 vs. 0.57 to 0.63), pTa (AUC 0.64 vs. 0.49 to 0.56) and pT1 bladder cancer (AUC 0.86 vs. 0.60 to 0.82). The gene discussed is SLC2A1; the disease is urinary bladder carcinoma.