New research from the United Kingdom has unveiled a new urine test that purports being able to predict progression of prostate cancer sooner than standard methods of detection, namely the prostate specific antigen (PSA) test. While the study results on the urine samples of the 500 men tested are promising, considering it is the "first multigene panel assessment of prostate cancer through a urine-based test", practitioners caution that further tests on larger population groups is necessary before the findings can be validated.
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