New diagnostic device could enable at-home early bladder cancer detection

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By Dr. Chinta Sidharthan Reviewed by Lily Ramsey, LLM Jan 23 2025 Innovative diagnostic kit uses fluorescence-based detection to achieve 90% accuracy in identifying early-stage bladder cancer. Study:  Diagnosis of early-stage bladder cancer via unprocessed urine samples at the point of care . Image Credit: Orawan Pattarawimonchai/Shutterstock.com In a recent study published in Nature Biomedical Engineering , a research team from the Republic of Korea explored a novel diagnostic system for