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New prostate cancer test designed to use urine instead of blood
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May 22, 2013
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New prostate cancer test designed to use urine instead of blood
A new prostate cancer test under development at UC Irvine involves urinating on a stick. The stick picks up a protein strongly associated with prostate cancer.

A new prostate cancer test under development at UC Irvine involves urinating on a stick. The stick picks up a protein strongly associated with prostate cancer.

Every year, about 240,000 men in the US are diagnosed with prostate cancer, but the current testing method often finds tumors that are low risk, and can lead patients to get dangerous and expensive surgeries they don't need. 

A new study in the Journal of the American Chemical Society may present an alternative. 

KPCC's Science Reporter Sanden Totten says, it'll test urine and cost only a few dollars.