June 28 (UPI) --For patients with bladder cancer, a simple test can cut down on care costs, overtreatment and side effects, according to a study. Georgetown-led investigators said their test ...

Researchers have developed a test for urine, gathered during a routine procedure, to detect DNA mutations identified with urothelial cancers. Researchers at The Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have ...

A simple and cost-effective urine test could improve early detection and management of bladder cancer, according to a brief issued by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). This test ...

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Veracyte, Inc., (Nasdaq: VCYT) announced today the publication of new data demonstrating that the company’s Decipher Bladder genomic classifier accurately ...

A simple urine test can more than halve the number of cystoscopies necessary to follow up high-risk bladder cancer patients, new research has found. Cystoscopies involve inserting a flexible probe ...

March 10 (UPI) --Identifying genetic mutations in urine could help detect bladder cancer years before symptoms arise, a new study presented Friday at the European Association of Urology annual ...

A urine test was shown to decrease the need for invasive cystoscopies in patients with non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer. A urine-based test may decrease the number of invasive cystoscopies in ...

A faster, cheaper and more reliable test to detect bladder cancer has been developed, US scientists have said. The test, which provides results within an hour, checks for a protein in urine which ...

A simple urine test that can be interpreted in a doctor's office can help detect nearly all recurrences of bladder cancers with a higher accuracy rate than conventional laboratory analysis of urine ...

Using tumor DNA found in urine, researchers believe they have found a method to diagnose and monitor bladder cancer that outperforms standard tests. A newly developed, highly sensitive urine test may ...

Women with ongoing urinary incontinence could avoid invasive bladder pressure tests, as new research shows that a range of non-invasive assessments work just as well in guiding treatment. Led by ...

Researchers at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital report the results of a double-blinded randomized controlled trial of the "Xiao procedure" in children with spina bifida. The multidisciplinary ...