{
  "id": 5322360,
  "title": "Simple Urine Test Can Pick Up 9 in 10 Bladder Cancers, Study Finds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/simple-urine-test-can-pick-up-9-in-10-bladder-cancers-study-finds",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-03T12:00:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Newsweek",
    "slug": "newsweek",
    "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/simple-urine-test-detect-9-10-bladder-cancers-study-finds-12398836"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A new DNA-based urine test has shown promising results in detecting bladder cancer, potentially reducing the need for invasive procedures. Researchers from the University of Birmingham and Nonacus Ltd. tested the GALEAS Bladder assay, which analyzes DNA shed in urine for mutations linked to bladder cancer. In a study involving 964 patients attending hematuria clinics across seven NHS hospitals between October 2024 and June 2025, the test correctly identified 71 out of 77 bladder cancer cases, achieving a sensitivity of 92 percent. This means the test can detect more than nine out of 10 bladder cancers. The results were published in European Urology Oncology. The test has already been adopted by multiple NHS trusts and health boards, being used to clear cystoscopy waiting-list backlogs and identified all muscle-invasive bladder cancers and 35 of 36 high-grade tumors. With a negative predictive value of more than 99 percent, the test is highly reliable in ruling out cancer when the result is negative. The authors noted that longer-term follow-up is needed to validate the findings, but momentum is building to introduce the technology nationally.",
  "summary": "A study co-author told Newsweek the test is already helping some National Health Service sites clear cystoscopy backlogs.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}