Urine Test Predicts Future Bladder Cancer 12 Years Before Symptoms

A simple urine test for genetic mutations in urine-derived DNA can predict urothelial cancer up to 12 years before patients develop symptoms, an international team of researchers claims.

The test, if validated in further studies, has the potential to serve as a cancer screening tool for individuals at elevated risk for bladder cancer due to genetics, smoking, or from environmental exposures to known carcinogens, and it could help to reduce the frequency of unnecessary cystoscopies, say urologists who were not involved in the research.

Source: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989553?ecd=WNL_trdalrt_pos1_230320&uac=363738AX&impID=5264020#vp_2