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New urine test technique helps detect breast cancer

A Missouri University of Science and Technology researcher has developed a new screening method that uses urinalysis to diagnose breast cancer - and determine its severity - before it could be detected with a mammogram. A study to confirm this technique's effectiveness is under way at Mercy Breast Center in Springfield, Mo. Dr. Yinfa Ma, Curators' Teaching Professor of chemistry at Missouri S ...
Shields faces Wainwright as I-70 Series resumes

Busch Stadium and Kauffman Stadium are separated by less than 250 miles, a manageable voyage across I-70. The Cardinals and Royals, the lifeblood of baseball in Missouri, will meet for four games this week, split between the two ballparks that sit on opposite ends of the state. In Monday's series opener in Kansas City, fans of the Interleague rivals will be treated to a dandy of a ...
Royals fall to Halos as Butler missing after ejection

LAA@KC: Yost on Butler's ejection, Davis' outing KANSAS CITY -- It was a wacky day at The K. Billy Butler got ejected and wasn't available to hit at crucial junctures, the umpires' circus continued unabated and the Royals' drudgery was compounded with yet another loss. The Angels completed a four-game sweep of the Royals with a 5-2 victory on Sunday with a holiday ...
Google Fiber contractor prunes trees in Volker neighborhood

Residents and business owners in Kansas City's historic Volker neighborhood said they're not happy with Google Fiber and what the company's installation work has done to trees on 39th ...
I-70 cleared after rollover wreck

The crash happened in the left lanes of westbound I-70 near Lee's Summit Road. For about a half hour, only one lane of traffic was getting through on the right of the highway. The scene was cleared just before 2:30 p.m. Investigators said one person suffered minor injuries in the ...

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New urine test technique helps detect breast cancer

A Missouri University of Science and Technology researcher has developed a new screening method that uses urinalysis to diagnose breast cancer - and determine its severity - before it could be detected with a mammogram.

A study to confirm this technique's effectiveness is under way at Mercy Breast Center in Springfield, Mo.

Dr. Yinfa Ma, Curators' Teaching Professor of chemistry at Missouri S and T, uses a device called a P-scan, to detect the concentration of certain metabolites called pteredines in urine samples.

These biomarkers are present in the urine of all human beings, but abnormally high concentrations can signal the presence of cancer.

Ma believes the levels continue to rise as the cancer advances.

Ma has had good results in limited testing and is now expanding testing in a larger study to prove that the technique works.

This blind study is part of the validation process required by the FDA to eventually make the P-Scan available in clinics across the country as an inexpensive, non-invasive test that could be used during routine physical examinations.

Once Ma and his fellow researcher prove the technology works for breast cancer, they can begin to determine if studying pteredine levels in urine samples is an accurate way to detect and diagnose other types of cancers as well. ...