Japan tests ‘world’s first urine test’ to spot cancer

By Agence France-Presse

Apr 17, 2018 10:45 pm

TOKYO: A Japanese firm is poised to carry out what it hailed as the world’s first experiment to test for cancer using urine samples, which would greatly facilitate screening for the deadly disease.

Engineering and IT conglomerate Hitachi developed the basic technology to detect breast or colon cancer from urine samples two years ago.

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