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Methodology for the at-home collection of urine samples for prostate cancer detection
- Abstract:
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Urine from patients with prostate cancer (PCa) contains gene transcripts that have been used for PCa diagnosis and prognosis. Historically, patient urine samples have been collected after a digital rectal examination of the prostate, which was thought necessary to boost the levels of prostatic secretions in the urine. We herein describe methodology that allows urine to be collected by patients at home and then posted to a laboratory for analysis. RNA yields and quality were comparable to thos...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Future Medicine Publisher's website
- Journal:
- BioTechniques Journal website
- Volume:
- 68
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 65-73
- Publication date:
- 2019-11-29
- Acceptance date:
- 2019-09-24
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1940-9818
- ISSN:
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0736-6205
- Pmid:
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31779479
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- Copyright holder:
- Clark, J
- Copyright date:
- 2019
- Rights statement:
- © 2019 Jeremy Clark. This work is licensed under the AttributionNonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Unported License.
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