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    New urine test may ID aggressive prostate cancer

    (BBC News) UPDATED 2009-05-14
    Methods currently used to ID the aggressiveness of prostate cancer can find false positives, but researchers say a new urine test may change that. Scientists in Amsterdam have found that fatty deposits in urine contain molecules from the prostate tumor itself. They say that by studying these molecules they may be able to determine if a tumor is aggressive or slow-growing.  Read full story >
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