Monday, February 23, 2009

Indian doctor brings hope to cancer patients

His study has identified a pattern in the urine samples of prostate cancer patients. The pattern has the potential for an early diagnosis or even detection of the disease.

Dr Arun Sreekumar, an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and a researcher at the Cancer Centre of the Medical College of Georgia, US, has achieved a breakthrough in the diagnosis of prostate cancer.

His study has identified a pattern in the urine samples of prostate cancer patients. The pattern has the potential for an early diagnosis or even detection of the disease.

Sreekumar told Deccan Herald that this was the first metabolic marker that had been identified among prostate cancer patients.

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