{
  "id": 5100811,
  "title": "Urine test identifies more than nine in ten bladder cancers, clinical study finds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/urine-test-identifies-more-than-nine-in-ten-bladder-cancers-clinical",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-02T14:00:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-urine-ten-bladder-cancers-clinical.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A recent clinical study conducted by researchers from the University of Birmingham and Nonacus Ltd. has revealed that a noninvasive urine test can accurately identify over 90% of bladder cancer cases. The GALEAS™ Bladder test, which analyzes genomic information from a patient's urine, detected 92.2% of the 77 bladder cancers present among 964 patients referred urgently to seven NHS urology departments. The test successfully identified all 17 muscle-invasive bladder cancers and 97.2% of high-grade cancers. Additionally, for patients with non-visible hematuria, the GALEAS Bladder test identified all bladder cancers with a 100% probability of accuracy. Professor Richard Bryan, a co-author of the study, highlighted the potential of the test to help clinicians decide which patients require urgent cystoscopy and which can safely delay the procedure. The study also showed that incorporating urine-based testing in bladder cancer pathways could reduce the number of urgent cystoscopies by 730 per 1,000 patients without compromising clinical benefits.",
  "summary": "A urine test has been found to identify more than nine in ten patients with bladder cancer. The test, called GALEAS Bladder, was used in a study involving 964 patients across seven NHS urology departments. According to Medical Xpress, it detected 71 of 77 cancers, or 92.2%, among the patients.\n\nThe test checks for genetic material shed into the urine by bladder cancer, looking for over 450 DNA mutations associated with the disease. Adom Online and MyJoyOnline Ghana report that if a larger trial is successful, it could mean tens of thousands of patients a year are spared more invasive procedures, called cystoscopies. Over 300,000 cystoscopies are performed in the UK each year, with significant waiting lists in some areas.\n\nA negative result from the urine test meant there was more than a 99% chance that the patient did not have bladder cancer, according to Adom Online and MyJoyOnline Ghana. The study was led by the University of Birmingham and a diagnostics company Nonacus, and was published in European Urology Oncology.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}