Scientists say the brain tumour is usually discovered too late for effective treatment
A simple urine test could detect a deadly brain tumour that can kill within 12 months, scientists have discovered. The test carried out routinely in check-ups could spot signs of glioma in its early stages when it is most treatable.
Brain cancers are often detected late and so are difficult to remove using surgery. Gliomas have a survival time as low as 12-18 months, so early detection is crucial. The team, whose findings are published in the journal Biosensors and Bioelectronics, “However, a major bottleneck is the lack of techniques to isolate these particles, known as cfDNA efficiently from urine, as the excreted cfDNA may be short, fragmented, and low concentration.”
"We succeeded in isolating urinary cfDNA, which was exceptionally difficult with conventional methods. Although in a previous experiment, we showed that our nanowire could capture cancer extracellular vesicles, which we found in this sample too; the surprising thing was the capture of cfDNA using a similar technique.
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