Workers exposed to certain chemicals face an increased risk of bladder cancer. U.S. and Chinese scientists monitoring workers handling one such compound, benzidine, now report that two unconventional urine tests can often reveal who is developing bladder cancer long before tumors appear.
Bladder cells that are shed into the urine reflect the condition of the bladder’s lining.
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