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Urine-based cancer test accurate even without the uncomfortable bit

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Urine-based prostate cancer test accurate even without the uncomfortable first step.

Follow-up study shows test is just as accurate without need for a digital rectal exam.

University of Michigan researchers say test could have helped 53% avoid biopsies.

Prostate cancer is the number one cancer for men in 118 different countries.