Bladder cancer is a type of cancer I rarely hear about, but when I do it sends shivers up, well, something. It's in the top-5 cancers worldwide, but it just does not get the kind of media attention other types of cancers do (for some odd reason).Common urine samples are how many cases of bladder cancer are found, but these methods aren't foolproof. Well, new research may be able to put that notion to bed.
But, according to research out of the University of Florida, a protein called A1BG appears to be more common in the urine of bladder cancer patients -- and testing for the presence of this protein can become a very important way to test for bladder cancer outside of current urine testing methodologies.
When caught early, thank goodness, bladder cancer is much more treatable. In fact, the 5-year survival rate is about 94% -- which really gives the motivation to ask your doctor about A1BG testing the next time a urine sample is taken.
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Posted at 6:11AM on Feb 23rd 2008 by dinesh