Prospects for diagnosis of prostate cancer by biomarkers in the urine.

Prostate cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in the Western male population and the second leading cause of cancer mortality. Recently many new methods are used to detect the tumor, some of which use the urine as the sample. The biomarkers in the urine will possibly improve the sensitivity and specificity to aid in prostate cancer detection.

通过尿液中的生物标志物诊断前列腺癌的前景。

前列腺癌是西方男性人群中最常诊断的癌症，也是癌症死亡率的第二大原因。最近，许多新方法被用于检测肿瘤，其中一些使用尿液作为样本。尿液中的生物标志物可能会提高灵敏度和特异性，以帮助前列腺癌检测。