Bladder cancer assay
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Urine testing for activity of the enzyme telomerase is 90% sensitive and 88% specific in detecting bladder cancer in a 218-patient case-control study reported in the Oct. 26 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Maria Sanchini, MSc, Morgani-Pierantoni Hospital, Forli, Italy, et al., suggest the test is a less-invasive, less-costly, and, in some cases, more sensitive alternative to established approaches to bladder cancer diagnosis...