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urine test stories: 2 news summaries

Urine Test Predicts
Smokers' Lung Cancer Risk

Detectable chemical IDs smokers with lots to lose

Apr 20, 09 3:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - A chemical detectable in urine can help predict which smokers are prone to lung cancer, NPR reports. A 10-year study of 500 smokers found that those with the highest levels of nicotine and NNAL—created as the body metabolizes tobacco—were 8.5 times more likely to develop cancer. Researchers... More »

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study • lung cancer • tobacco • nicotine • urine test • NNAL

(Newser) - A molecule present only in men who have the deadly form of prostate cancer may be the key to a simple urine test for the disease, the BBC reports. “It raises the possibility of telling the difference between the type of cancer that does no harm—which we term... More »

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prostate cancer • medical research • University of Michigan • medical study • malignancy • sarcosine • urine test • benign

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