However, tumor marker tests aren’t the only tools they’ll use in cancer care. Other testing techniques will help provide a more comprehensive look at your type of cancer. Regular cells may produce ...

Tumor marker blood tests may help inform various aspects of cancer care, including diagnosis, staging, treatment planning, and outlook. However, they’re often not the only diagnostic tests used. If ...

When Ginny Mason was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer in 1994, she never once heard the word “biomarker.” “Back then, all you got was ER and PR [the estrogen receptor and progesterone ...

A tumor marker for pancreatic cancer helps healthcare professionals detect, diagnose, or treat it. However, a person can have high tumor marker levels without having cancer. Tumor markers are ...

Cancer is a complex disease that evades the immune system through various mechanisms. The rapid proliferation of cells and their ability to resist therapy make cancer extremely aggressive. Solid ...

Researchers from A*STAR Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (A*STAR IMCB) have identified markers of two critical stem cell populations that drive colorectal cancer formation. Colorectal cancer is ...

Dr. W. Fraser Symmans explains how ctDNA is replacing CTCs to monitor breast cancer, detect mutations and track minimal residual disease At the CURE Educated Patient Breast Cancer Summit, held during ...

Detection of a bowel cancer marker (CDH1) in wastewater may offer a new community-level early warning system for the disease, suggests a proof-of-concept study published in the Journal of Epidemiology ...