miR-21-5p, miR-141-3p, and miR-205-5p levels in urine-promising biomarkers for the identification of prostate and bladder cancer.

The results show that these three urine-based microRNAs might be a good choice to implement a specific and non-invasive diagnostic tool for bladder and prostate cancer. The expression pattern of all three microRNAs was particularly useful to distinguish benign and invasive tumors in prostate cases. From the patients' perspective the improvement of the diagnostic situation is awaited eagerly.