Urine test can spot more than nine in 10 bladder cancers
- An NHS trial of the new GALEAS Bladder urine test identified more than nine in 10 bladder cancer cases, with the non-invasive test evaluated on 964 patients across seven NHS urology departments.
- Most patients currently require an invasive cystoscopy, which involves inserting a camera into the bladder; with more than 300,000 cystoscopies performed annually, the procedure creates significant waiting lists.
- Published in European Urology Oncology, the study found GALEAS Bladder detected 71 of 77 cancers, or 92.2%, while a negative result indicated a 99% chance the patient did not have cancer by screening for 450 DNA mutations.
- Using GALEAS Bladder to triage patients could result in 730 fewer urgent cystoscopies for every 1,000 patients, results Professor Richard Bryan, Director of the Bladder Cancer Research Centre, called "very promising early performance."
- While GALEAS Bladder is already used within NHS pathways in England and Wales, Michelle Mitchell from CRUK noted that further research is needed to ensure faster, less invasive diagnostic methods.
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At-home urine test can spot nine in 10 cases of bladder cancer
Around 10,900 new bladder cancer cases are diagnosed every year in the UK
AGI - A urine test to be performed comfortably at home, currently being tested at the British Health Service (Nhs), is able to detect more than nine cases out of ten (92%) of bladder cancer. This is what emerges from a study published in the magazine European Urology Oncology, led by the University of Birmingham in collaboration with the Nonacus diagnostic company, which involved about a thousand patients in seven hospitals between England and S…
Research carried out on 964 patients in Britain showed that the test already marketed detected this type of cancer very accurately. A urine test done at home and already tested by the British NHS can detect more than nine out of ten cases of bladder cancer, according to the latest findings of a large study. The study, published in the scientific journal European Urology Oncology, was carried out by researchers at the University of Birmingham in …
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