However, when MPS2 was first tested and deployed, it involved the collection of urine after a digital rectal exam (DRE). This phase was necessary, it was believed, because pressure on the prostate ...

Unlike earlier tests, MPS2 doesn't require an uncomfortable digital rectal exam (DRE) beforehand. Instead, the patient simply collects the first stream of urine, making the procedure easy and ...

A rectal exam squishes the prostate, making it more likely that DNA debris from a tumor would wind up in the patient’s urine sample. The new results show that the urine test could be taken at ...

"The process requires the prostate to be compressed, causing the release of cellular debris into a urine sample that the patient provides after the rectal exam," said Ganesh S. Palapattu ...