On Feb. 17, 2021, TGen, an affiliate of City of Hope announced that it had found a way of zeroing in on early-stage cancer by analyzing short strands of cell-free DNA in urine. Their studyﾒs findings were published today in the scientific journal Science Translational Medicine.

TGen and City of Hope researchers and their colleagues from Baylor University and Phoenix Childrenﾒs Hospital found that these DNA fragments are not random at all, and can clearly indicate a difference between healthy individuals and those with cancer.