Catalyst Oncology

(HealthDay News) — A simple urine test could one day be an effective way to screen for breast cancer, a new study suggests. The notion of a so-called “dipstick” test envisions a high-tech sifting through just a few drops of urine in the search for elevated levels of two particular biomarkers, MMP-9 and ADAM-12, which can sometimes indicate the earliest stages of tumor growth, the researchers noted. “We have had longstanding interest in identifying and validating noninvasive biomarkers of hum

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Urine Samples Could Reveal Breast Cancer Risk