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‹ Thu · 13 Aug 2026
Early cancer detection or prevention

Integrated Methylation and Copy Number Analysis for Noninvasive Bladder Cancer Detection in Urine.

A new urine test combining DNA and methylation analysis outperforms individual components, offering a practical home-based alternative to cystoscopy for bladder cancer surveillance.

Amsterdam UMC investigators developed iSECURE, requiring less input DNA than parallel assays by generating a single sequencing library used for both SCNA profiling (via tumor fraction estimation) and targeted methylation analysis of GALR1/HAND2/NRN1. In 89 subjects (30 primary BC, 28 recurrent BC, 31 hematuria controls) using home-collected urine and leave-one-out cross-validation, the integrated assay outperformed each component alone—establishing this as a clinically practical surveillance alternative to cystoscopy.

What the study was

Study design
prospective_diagnostic_cohort
Population
Bladder cancer patients and hematuria controls (home-collected urine)
Sample size
89
Category
Early Detection
Maturity
Validated
Journal
JCO Precis Oncol

Why it surfaced

Single-workflow dual-modality cfDNA assay from home-collected urine addresses patient burden in bladder cancer surveillance; AUC 0.94 with LOOCV validation in a multi-stage cohort is strong; JCO Precis Oncol publication; direct clinical translation pathway visible.

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