Molecules in urine allow doctors to monitor skin cancer

(De Gruyter) What if you could simply provide a urine sample rather than undergo a painful surgical procedure to find out if your cancer was responding to treatment? It may seem too good to be true, but researchers at Pavol Jozef af á rik University in Ko ice, Slovakia, have identified fluorescent molecules in urine that may allow patients with malignant melanoma to do just that.

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-08/dg-miu081120.php

Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - August 11, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news