A new study has been presented in the journal Oncotarget, the findings of which suggest that urine RNA acts as an early diagnostic marker for bladder cancer.
The authors performed a systematic deep transcriptomic analysis of representative pools of urine RNA collected from healthy donors, after which they were compared with those of patients with bladder cancer.
Scientists propose to use urine RNA as a diagnostic marker for bladder cancer. These markers can become new and specific.
“Human bladder cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in humans. The advent of a new diagnostic tool could improve clinical outcomes,” says Dr. Georg Skakil from the University of Lübeck, Germany.
The advantage of the study of cell-free RNA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNA is the ability to protect it from degradation, respectively, the transportation and storage of samples are facilitated.