New prostate cancer check looming

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Chemical test offers quick prostate cancer check

LONDON (Reuters) – Instead of using a blood test to determine whether a man has prostate cancer, doctors might one day more accurately diagnose the condition using a new technique that measures a different compound, researchers said.

A small study showed how the test within three minutes produced a fingerprint of a chemical called citrate that falls markedly in the prostate gland as cancer develops, David Parker of Durham University in Britain said in a telephone interview.

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