The Korean Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) claims to have created a way to detect prostate cancer with a high degree of accuracy through a urine test. The most common method in use today requires a blood sample to check for a carcinogen called PSA, the results of which are not so reliable.
From Eurekalert:
The team developed an ultrasensitive semiconductor sensor system capable of simultaneously measuring traces of four selected cancer factors in the urine for the diagnosis of prostate cancer. They trained AI using the correlation between the four cancer factors, which were obtained from the developed sensor. The trained AI algorithm was then used to identify those with prostate cancer, analyzing complex patterns of the detected signals. The diagnosis of prostate cancer using AI analysis has successfully detected 76 urinary samples with almost 100 percent accuracy.
“For patients who need surgery and / or treatments, cancer will be diagnosed with high precision, using urine to minimize biopsies and unnecessary treatments, which can dramatically reduce medical costs and fatigue for medical staff,” said Professor Jeong , from Asan Medical Center. “This research has developed an intelligent biosensor that can quickly diagnose prostate cancer with almost 100 percent accuracy just by using a urine test, and can later be used to accurately diagnose other cancers using a urine test,” he said. Dr. Lee at KIST. .
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