U of A uses nanotechnology to develop new test for aggressive prostate cancer

Alberta men diagnosed with prostate cancer could soon have a better blood test to help determine if they can bypass a painful and invasive biopsy.
The Alberta Prostate Cancer Research initiative claims its new blood test is 40 per cent more accurate at identifying men with aggressive forms of prostate cancer than the common prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test, which researchers say often leads to unneeded biopsies.
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