Urinary tests for an enzyme could detect early bladder cancers: Study
26th Oct 2005, 16:26 GMT
Detecting early bladder cancer is a simple, urine test away suggest Italian researchers, who are still trying ways to make the test for enzyme telomerase 100 percent accurate. The tests that are intended for smokers and men with a propensity to develop the cancer, by measuring the urinary concentration of the enzyme, detects the disease to a 90 percent accuracy after confirmation by invasive diagnosis.
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