GLASGOW based scientists have discovered a metabolite never found in mammals before which could pave the way for a urine test to detect a type of liver cancer for the first time.
Currently there is no definitive urine test used to diagnose any form of cancer, with most patients being diagnosed through surgery, ultrasound scans or blood tests which usually requires a trip to a hospital or doctor’s surgery.
But a new urine test could be developed to detect the beta-catenin mutated form of liver cancer after researchers at the Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute in Glasgow found a metabolite in mice.
