Nature Communications (May 2022)

Noninvasive urinary protein signatures associated with colorectal cancer diagnosis and metastasis

  • Yulin Sun,
  • Zhengguang Guo,
  • Xiaoyan Liu,
  • Lijun Yang,
  • Zongpan Jing,
  • Meng Cai,
  • Zhaoxu Zheng,
  • Chen Shao,
  • Yefan Zhang,
  • Haidan Sun,
  • Li Wang,
  • Minjie Wang,
  • Jun Li,
  • Lusong Tian,
  • Yue Han,
  • Shuangmei Zou,
  • Jiajia Gao,
  • Yan Zhao,
  • Peng Nan,
  • Xiufeng Xie,
  • Fang Liu,
  • Lanping Zhou,
  • Wei Sun,
  • Xiaohang Zhao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30391-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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More sensitive and specific non-invasive biomarkers are desired for early detection of cancer. Here, the authors show a protein signature in the urine that increases sensitivity for colorectal cancer detection when combined with fecal immunochemical tests and corrects diagnosis in some fecal immunochemical tests-negative patients.