A Ludwig Cancer Research study has identified a complex chain of molecular chatter by which cancer cells, exploiting ordinary ...

Tumor markers can be employed for screening, diagnosis, prognostication, guiding therapy, as well as post-therapy surveillance. However, laboratorians need to consider sensitivity, specificity, ...

Researchers engineered a nanobody-conjugated liposome (A5-LNP-DOX) that targets CD155 and delivers doxorubicin directly to ...

Detecting tumor markers easily Date: March 24, 2014 Source: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Summary: Blood is just teeming with proteins. However, it’s not easy to identify specialized tumor markers ...

New Tumor Markers Determine Therapy Intensity Date: March 24, 2009 Source: University Hospital Heidelberg Summary: Characteristic changes in the DNA of medulloblastoma, the most frequent malignant ...

As cancer cases have increased worldwide, the disease has become more complex, presenting challenges to scientific advances in diagnosis and treatment.

Novel multiomics tumor profiling demonstrates feasibility and clinical benefit in guiding melanoma treatment decisions, a ...

These so-called 'tumor markers' are traditionally associated with a single dominant cancer type, for example Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) linked to prostate cancer, Carcinoembryonic antigen ...

Tumor markers are made by cancer cells or produced by the body in response to cancer. Learn about common markers for pancreatic cancer and how they're used.

However, these tumor markers do not always accurately detect all cancers, and their accuracy needs to be improved,” said Dr. Takahiro Shinozuka, the first author of the study.

Tumor marker testing for women enrolled in Medicare Advantage Plans may differ from our findings. It is possible that tumor markers are used more frequently in younger breast cancer survivors, given ...