A new urine test could help identify high-grade prostate cancer, limiting the number of unnecessary biopsies for men who have less aggressive forms of the cancer.
A new urine test could help men with an elevated PSA, or prostate specific antigen, level avoid unnecessary biopsies and MRIs. The test screens for 18 genetic markers in the urine that are highly associated with high grade prostate cancer.
Researchers say they've developed a urine test that could answer whether prostate cancer is aggressive and requiring immediate treatment, or slow-growing and worthy of monitoring only.