Prostate Cancer Detection with a Urine Test

· According to the 2009 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium, a new urine test can detect the presence of prostate cancer by identifying the fusion of two genes associated with prostate cancer.

· The urine test; called T2:ERG urine test can detect the fusion of two genes: TMPRSS2 and ERG which is associated with prostate cancer. The goal of this test is not only to identify prostate cancer in men but also to identify aggressive, fast growing prostate cancer from slow growing, less aggressive prostate cancer.

· The urine test is not yet available for commercial use.

· This report discussed the usefulness of the test. Investigators report the next phase of investigation will include confirming a correlation with test results and aggressiveness of prostate cancer and to correlate T2:ERG urine results with pathologic features, such as tumor volume, stage, and grade in prostatectomy tissue.

Reference:
2009 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium: Abstract 3. Presented February 26, 2009

March 1, 2009

Posted on March 1, 2009

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