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RT @UEAResearch: Thousands of men worldwide are to receive a home test kit for #prostatecancer – thanks to pioneering research from #UEA & @NNUH. Read more: https://t.co/X4FosBxcJL @UeaMed @MovemberUK @ProstateUK @Masonic_Charity @BobChampion1981 @norfolkmasons #ThinkingWithoutBorders https://t.co/WWDqYXZQS8


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Some great press today about our current project looking at collecting urine at home for monitoring and risk stratification of prostate cancer. This is a step forward to getting the urine tests into widespread use. https://t.co/wg4cDzt2r2


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RT @uniofeastanglia: A new #prostatecancer urine test from @UeaMed shows how aggressive the disease is, and could reduce the number of invasive biopsies: https://t.co/Eu4B0uKUML @NNUH @EarlhamInst @MovemberUK @ProstateUK @Masonic_Charity @BobChampion1981 @norfolkmasons ​#ThinkingWithoutBorders #UEA https://t.co/15Mxwv5Tn2


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Integration of Urinary EN2 Protein & Cell-Free RNA Data in the Development of a Multivariable Risk Model for the Detection of Prostate Cancer Prior to Biopsy

New paper published today titled "Integration of Urinary EN2 Protein & Cell-Free RNA Data in the Development of a Multivariable Risk Model for the Detection of Prostate Cancer Prior to Biopsy" in "Cancers". In this paper we look at combining two different types of measurements taken from different parts of urine, to see if they can help us better detect prostate cancer and determine how agressive it is. Prostate cancer is a disease responsible for a large proportion of all male cancer deaths but there is a high chance that a patient will die with the disease rather than from. Therefore, there is a desperate need for improvements in diagnosing and predicting outcomes for prostate cancer patients to minimise overdiagnosis and overtreatment whilst appropriately treating men with aggressive disease,  especially if this can be done without taking an invasive biopsy. In this work we develop a test that predicts whether a patient has prostate cancer and how aggressive the disease is from a urine sample. This model combines the measurement of a protein-marker called EN2 and the levels of 10 genes measured in urine. And proves that integration of information from multiple, non-invasive biomarker sources has the potential to greatly improve how patients with a clinical suspicion of prostate cancer are risk-assessed prior to an invasive biopsy.

https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers13092102

It was funded by the by Movember Foundation GAP1 Urine Biomarker project, The Masonic Charitable Foundation, The Bob Champion Cancer Trust, the King family, The Andy Ripley Memorial Fund and the Stephen Hargrave Trust. Further urine biomarker work funded by Prostate Cancer UK
 and the Tesco Centenary Grant. With great work from Shea Connel as first author.

Press Coverage:

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RT @ProstateUKProfs: 📰 Great to see @danbrewer in the press today talking about a promising new urine test for prostate cancer 🧪 Alongside @MovemberUK we’re proud to be supporting this group to advance their research into urine-based tests and improve diagnosis for men 👇 https://t.co/IWtCL6b2SG


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RT @CancerInNorwich: Join us next Wednesday at 1pm to hear from Catrin Pritchard from @uniofleicester, who will be presenting on “Patient-derived explants as a powerful preclinical platform for anti-cancer drug and biomarker discovery”. Join via the Teams link: https://t.co/FW2NaxhG9G #CancerResearch https://t.co/TYGkS3EDoK


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RT @PCR_News: Tune into the latest Prostate Pod! This episode, @benm_d meets @danbrewer and Dan Woodcock, for a chat about how artificial intelligence is a new frontier against prostate cancer https://t.co/Y7oCH4iZGk #prostatecancer #CancerResearch #MachineLearning #AI https://t.co/3IIVeppYAW


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RT @_scientistt: Dear future PhD candidates, See graphic attached. Yours, #AcademicTwitter https://t.co/Ku8Rt0ReX4


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RT @trevoragraham: We have a #postdoc opening in our group @QMBCI @CRUKCOLcentre for someone interested in working with multi-omics to understand #cancer #evolution, particularly from a #mathematical #modelling perspective. Application link here ⬇️ https://t.co/gy6Mx5Crc2 https://t.co/HlgdWiDGyL


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RT @gds506: One of those good books that even though they are free online, it’s worth to have a physical copy... 😍😍 @topepos https://t.co/EYzHfPe4iZ


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RT @alex_freeman: Our graphics to illustrate the potential benefits and potential harms of the AstraZeneca vaccine as announced by the MHRA this afternoon. Benefits accrued over 16 weeks, at three different levels of exposure to the virus. https://t.co/awB80xes3m


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