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Yale Cancer Center study: Novel test can detect new and recurrent bladder Cancer

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A study led by researchers at Yale Cancer Center, Stony Brook University and KDx Diagnostics, Inc., examined a new urine screening test that utilizes a novel Keratin 17 (K17) cancer biomarker, and revealed the test can detect the presence of new bladder cancer in patients with hematuria, or blood in the urine. 

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