Prostate Cancer Detected With Urine-Based Test
February 24th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer, prostate cancer diagnosisAccording to a study published in the February 1 issue of Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, an experimental biomarker test developed by researchers at the University of Michigan more accurately detects prostate cancer than any other screening method currently in use.
The researchers say a simple urine test that screens for the presence of four different RNA molecules accurately identified 80 percent of patients in a study who were later found to have prostate cancer, and was 61 percent effective in ruling out disease in other study participants. read full article