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  • Avoid Unnecessary Biopsies: New Urine-Based Test Detects High-Grade Prostate Cancer

    04/18/2024 12:56:39 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 19 replies
    SciTech Daily ^ | APRIL 18, 2024 | UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    New urine-based test looks at 18 genes and was specifically developed to pick out those cancers that need immediate treatment over the slow-growing type. Researchers at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center have developed a new urine-based test that addresses a major problem in prostate cancer: how to separate the slow-growing form of the disease unlikely to cause harm from more aggressive cancer that needs immediate treatment. The test, called MyProstateScore2.0, or MPS2, looks at 18 different genes linked to high-grade prostate cancer. In multiple tests using urine and tissue samples from men with prostate cancer, it successfully identified...