New Breakthrough For Prostate Cancer Test

Filed under: News | By: JP
Posted on: September 21, 2007 | No Comments

New Breakthrough For Prostate Cancer Test

After many years of testing a new and more accurate test for prostate cancer is being launched today, but the £300 test is only available privately at present.

The new test measures levels of a chemical called PCA3 in urine. Because cancer cells release significantly more of the molecule than normal cells, detecting the disease will be easier to diagnose.

Colin Cooper, who is a professor of molecular biology at the institute, said: “Ultimately this could prevent thousands of men from having to undergo radical surgery, which can have devastating effects.”

AS it stands at the moment Prostate cancer affects 35,000 men a year in Britain and 10,000 die from the disease.

Here below are the symptoms of what you should look for:

Symptoms include

  • A frequent need to urinate
  • Difficulty starting to urinate
  • Straining or taking a long time to finish
  • A weak flow
  • Difficulty in getting or keeping an erection
  • A feeling that your bladder has not emptied properly
  • Pain while urinating
  • Lower back pain
  • Pain in the hips or pelvis
  • Blood in the urine

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