WINNIPEG FREE PRESS: A Winnipeg medical diagnostic company has developed a new kit that could make it easier to diagnose patients with prostate cancer. READ MORE> The new prostate-cancer kit, which took several years to develop, measures the amount of a particular amino acid protein – called PSP94 – in a urine sample from a [...]
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New urine test may prove to be prostate cancer diagnosis breakthrough
Posted in Urine test, tagged amino acid protein, biomarker for prostate cancer, cancer research, catheter, Miraculins, new prostate-cancer kit, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate cancer screening, prostate cancer urine test, PSP94, urine sample, WINNIPEG FREE PRESS, Winnipeg medical diagnostic company on August 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Messenger gene found in urine may indicate prostate cancer
Posted in Genetic testing, Urine test, tagged cancer research, catheter, messenger genes, PCA3, positive biopsy, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate cancer detection, prostate cancer screening, Quantitative PCA3 score, urine samples, Urine test, URO TODAY on July 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
URO TODAY: Urine samples that show higher levels of PCA3 – a prostate-specific messenger gene – could be an accurate indication of prostate cancer, Italian researchers report. READ MORE> Our results indicate that the PCA3 score is a valid tool for prostate cancer detection and its role in making better biopsy decisions. This marker [helps] [...]
New urine test may be more accurate than PSA and tell if prostate tumour is serious
Posted in PROSTATE CANCER, PROSTATE RESEARCH, SCREENING and DIAGNOSIS, Urine test, tagged blood test, blood tests, cancer research, catheter, medical checkups, prostablog, prostate, prostate cancer screening, prostate-specific antigen, PSA, PSA test, Screening debate, unnecessary biopsies, Urine test, URO TODAY on June 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
URO TODAY: A new urine test may be able to discern how serious prostate cancer is, and save men having unnecessary biopsies. READ MORE>
Prostate cancer Gene 3 on its own not useful for predicting outcome in men under active surveillance
Posted in Genetic testing, PROSTATE CANCER, PROSTATE RESEARCH, Treatment debate, Urine test, Watchful waiting, tagged active surveillance, cancer research, comparison of treatments, predictor of disease progression, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate cancer gene 3, prostate cancer treatments, prostate treatment, prostate treatment debate, single biomarker, urine tests, URO TODAY on October 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
URO TODAY: Testing for prostate cancer Gene 3 in urine in men under active surveillance is not on its own a useful predictor of disease progression.
New study of prostate cancer urine test fails to confirm its predictive value
Posted in PROSTATE CANCER, PROSTATE RESEARCH, Urine test, tagged cancer research, medical checkups, PCA3, predictive value of PCA3, prognostic test, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, prostate cancer screening, Screening debate, Urination, urine sediments, Urine test, URO TODAY on October 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
URO TODAY: Hopes for a urine test to tell how serious prostate cancer might be remain just that, following a new study just reported.
Urine protein test for prostate cancer may be in use by 2011
Posted in Diagnosis, New tests, PROSTATE CANCER, Prostate prognosis, PROSTATE RESEARCH, Screening debate, Urine test, tagged cancer research, Engrailed-2 (EN2) protein, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, Prostate prognosis, RENAL & UROLOGY NEWS, Screening debate, UK prostate researchers, Urine test, urology on July 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
JULY 24: RENAL & UROLOGY NEWS: A protein that shows up in the urine of men with prostate cancer, but not those who don’t have it, may be an effective screening test by 2011, UK researchers believe.
PROSTATE TEST: New urine test detects prostate cancer and predicts how fast it will grow
Posted in New tests, PROSTATE CANCER, PROSTATE RESEARCH, Screening debate, Urine test, tagged Cancer aggression, Cancer Diagnostics Division of Gen-Probe Incorporated, cancer research, new urine test, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, Screening debate on June 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
JUNE 22: BLOCHCANCER.ORG: Researchers in the Cancer Diagnostics Division of Gen-Probe Incorporated have developed a new urine test to detect prostate cancer and predict how quickly it may grow and spread.
PROSTATE DIAGNOSIS: Fat molecules in urine may indicate cancer aggression
Posted in Diagnosis, PROSTATE CANCER, Prostate claims, PROSTATE RESEARCH, Screening debate, Urine test, tagged BBC prostate report, cancer research, exosomes, fat molecules, fatty capsules, medical checkups, New Prostate Cancer Info-link, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate cancer urine test, ribonucleic acid (RNA), Screening debate, Urination on May 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Prostate cancer molecules flushed out in urine may be a way to assess the aggression risk of the cancer, says a BBC report.
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