New Urine Test Detected E7 Proteins In 80% Of Women With Stage 1 CIN, Study Finds

HealthDay (7/9, Thompson) reports, “A new urine test might help doctors more easily screen for cervical cancer, researchers” found. This “test looks for” E7 proteins, which are “generated by a type of cancer-causing human papillomavirus, HPV 16.” The investigators found that “the test detected E7 proteins in 80% of women with Stage 1 cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN).” Meanwhile, “it also found the proteins in 71% of women with Stage 2 CIN and 38% of women with Stage 3 CIN.” The findings were published in Microorganisms.