Serum tumor markers play a critical role in the diagnosis, staging, risk stratification, and surveillance of patients with testicular germ cell tumors (GCTs). Production of the oncofetal ...

Tumor markers for small cell lung cancer (SCLC) are measurable using blood tests, such as neuron-specific enolase (NSE). They can support the identification and management of cancer. Doctors use a ...

Tumor markers can be used to detect relapse with a high degree of sensitivity in patients with central nervous system nongerminomatous germ cell tumors (CNS-NGGCTs), according to a pooled analysis ...

A new study suggests that rather than screening for disease, blood tumor markers could be useful in monitoring therapeutic outcomes in those with already established disease. For many years ...

Volume 11, Issue 28 of Oncotarget features "Lipid and protein tumor markers for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma identified by imaging mass spectrometry" by Schmidt et, al. which reported that ...

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 ...

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 ...

After combined chemotherapy and radiation treatment, the tumor shrank significantly and tumor markers decreased (right image). Surgery was then recommended by the patient’s medical team.

Researchers have discovered this correlation. With this new set of tumor markers, the intensity of treatment can be adjusted individually and the potentially damaging effects reduced ...

Detecting tumor markers easily by Caroline Siegert, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft The concentration of biological molecules in a sample can be observed visually using laser-stimulated fluorescence.