Abstract

The concept of being able to urinate in a cup and screen for colorectal cancer (CRC) is fascinating to the public at large. Here, a simple and label-free urine test based on surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) was employed for CRC detection. Significant spectral differences among normal, stages I-II, and stages III-IV CRC urines were observed. Using discriminant function analysis, the diagnostic sensitivities of 95.8%, 80.9%, and 84.3% for classification of normal, stages I-II, and stages III-IV CRC were achieved in training model, indicating the great promise of urine SERS as a rapid, convenient and noninvasive method for CRC staging detection.

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