According to the Korean Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), it is a way to detect prostate cancer with high accuracy through a urine test. The most common method currently used requires blood supply to look for a cancer factor called PSA, the results of which are not nearly as reliable.
From Eurekalert:
The team has developed an ultra-sensitive semiconductor sensor system that can measure trace amounts of selected four cancer factors in urine for the diagnosis of prostate cancer. They trained AI using the correlation between the four cancer factors, obtained from the developed sensor. The trained AI algorithm was then used to identify those with prostate cancer by analyzing complex patterns of the detected signals. The diagnosis of prostate cancer using the AI analysis successfully detected 76 urine samples with almost 100 percent accuracy.
“For patients requiring surgery and / or treatments, cancer is diagnosed with high accuracy by using urine to reduce unnecessary biopsy and treatments, which can dramatically reduce medical costs and medical staff exhaustion,” Professor Jeong told the Asan Medical Center said. “This research has developed a smart biosensor that can only quickly diagnose prostate cancer with almost 100 percent accuracy through a urine test, and it can be further used in the accurate diagnosis of other cancers using a urine test,” said Dr. . Lee said at the KIST. .
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