Prostate News Archive
12-Feb-2009
New prostate cancer test gets go-ahead (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Researchers have made the first steps towards devising a urine test for detecting prostate cancer, according to a paper released on Wednesday by the British journal Nature. New Prostate Cancer Marker In Urine Indicates Whether Cancer Is Spreading (Science Daily)
Researchers have identified a new biological marker present in the urine of patients with prostate cancer that indicates whether the cancer is progressing and spreading. Scientists identified 10 metabolites that become more abundant in prostate cells as cancer progresses. Their studies showed that one of these chemicals, sarcosine, helps prostate cancer cells invade surrounding tissue. Prostate cancer urine test hope (BBC News)
US scientists move closer to a simple urine test to distinguish between benign and aggressive prostate cancer. Can a Urine Test Detect Deadly Prostate Cancer? (Time Magazine)
Researchers continue to search for an accurate test for prostate cancer, the most common cancer among men in the developed world. New prostate cancer test that can pinpoint agressive tumours (Belfast Telegraph)
A urine test for prostate cancer that can distinguish between slow growing and aggressive strains of the disease in the laboratory has been discovered by scientists.
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