Doctors often monitor tumor markers in the blood to help diagnose and treat liver cancer. Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) is the most common tumor marker that doctors monitor. Tumor markers, also called ...

Would you please discuss the meaning and significance of blood tests to show the level of cancer markers to identify cancer and track the efficacy of treatments? I am 69 years old and have metastatic ...

Blood tests are the most common way for health professionals to detect and diagnose a range of medical conditions. But can it ...

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is one of the most lethal cancers, in large part because it usually stays hidden until it has already spread. Survival curves change dramatically when tumors are ...

Metastatic prostate cancer is currently associated with high morbidity and mortality rates. In addition, patients respond very differently to standard treatments such as hormone therapy or radiation ...

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 ...

An enigmatic type of circulating tumor cell called a dual-positive (DP) cell is associated with shorter survival time in patients with advanced breast cancer, according to a study led by investigators ...

Dual-positive cells are circulating cells that bear both tumor-cell and immune-cell markers, and are thought to be hybrid cells resulting from rare fusions of tumor cells with immune cells. Recent ...

Alongside high tumor marker levels, stage 3 testicular cancer has either spread to distant areas or nearby lymph nodes. The most common treatment options are surgery and chemotherapy. Stage 3 ...