Extraction and analysis of the exosomal micro-RNA from the urine: new method of the prostate cancer diagnostics
Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the actual social and medical problems, taking the leading positions in the structure of male diseases. Currently prostate-specific antigen (PSA) evaluation is due to its availability and objectivity the main non-invasive screening and diagnostics modality, being used also post-operatively to control for the treatment efficacy. Specificity and sensitivity of the PSA are not high, this warrants the search for new markers and development of new diagnostic concepts.
