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 ...

The expanded indications of HER2-targeted therapies by monitoring of circulating tumor cells.

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 ...

Since Henry Bence Jones first discovered a urine protein marker for multiple myeloma in 1846, the field of cancer biomarkers has grown exponentially. Over the past two centuries, scientists have ...

New research is challenging one of medicine’s oldest assumptions: that cancer must be attacked to be cured. By treating ...

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. Subscribe to our ...