Urine testing can be uncovered malignant prostate cancer

University of Michigan researchers found that urine samples through the inspection, can be uncovered malignant, highly aggressive prostate cancer, looking forward to let the disease is not so serious in patients with prostate cancer suffer less points. The study is published in "Nature" (Nature) journals. 

 In Taiwan, men accounted for malignant prostate cancer ranking fifth in the urinary tract malignancies, the first prostate cancer are on. Prostate cancer patients, some patients with particular ferocity, tumor grade is also relatively high. The medical community has been hoping to find a method of early identification. 

 Some prostate tumors grow slowly, and patients often end up not die of cancer, but death due to other diseases. But some prostate tumors are also fierce and fast growing, these patients need treatment immediately. But the medical staff it is difficult to differentiate the difference between two types of tumors, so let some prostate cancer patients unnecessary surgery or chemotherapy treatment, patients often suffer. 

 The researchers found that, when the physical face of aggressive prostate cancer, the body will produce a small molecule called the "glue acid methyl Gan" (Sarcosine), the future of plastic acid methyl Gambari may be able to become a tumor marker, to allow medical staff more accurately grasp the condition. However, the U.S. admitted the University of Michigan researchers, the study is still an early stage, if there is a clear outcome to wait at least 5 years. 

 Researchers at the pathological examination of 262 samples, these samples are from organizations, blood or urine samples containing 1126 kinds of molecules. The researchers point out that when patients with a more malignant form of cancer, the samples can be found about 10 kinds of molecules, metabolites. One metabolite is plastic acid methyl Gan. Researchers have discovered that malignant tumors, cancer proliferation in patients with urine, tissue glue acid methyl Gambari has increased the trend. The study pointed out that plastic acid methyl Gambari may help cancer proliferation, the future of R & D of new drugs when the gel acid methyl Gambari might be classified as a potential therapeutic target.