Biomarker test Seen to be more Accurate in detecting Prostate Cancer

Researchers in the University of Michigan are developing and testing a urine test that is more accurate than current screening methods in the drive to detect prostate cancer earlier. The test that comes as a urine test screens for the presence of four different RNA markers has been successful in detecting 80% of all cases in a study that was done to detect the disease. It also has the ability to determine men with enlarged prostates that do not develop the disease thus prevents misdiagnosis and treatment for non-existent conditions.

“Relative to what is out there, this is the best test so far,” said the study’s lead author, Arul Chinnaiyan, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Michigan Center for Translational Pathology at the University of Michigan.

The development of their prototype into a first generation testing kit is underway as more and more genetic markers are being discovered to be related to the disease.