Serum tumor markers play a more critical role in testicular germ cell tumor management than in any other solid organ malignancy. Here, Barlow and colleagues discuss how the serum levels of AFP ...

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 ...

Brief Report: Baseline and on treatment characteristics of serum tumor markers in stage IV oncogene-addicted adenocarcinoma of the lung. Journal of Thoracic Oncology , 2017; DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho ...

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 ...

image: D. Ross Camidge, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues show that monitoring levels of blood tumor markers may predict when a lung cancer patient is progressing on targeted treatments. view more .

Healthcare professionals may be able to use some tumor markers to help diagnose pancreatic cancer. They may also use them to measure the effect of treatments or the progression of cancer. They may ...

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 ...

In the article that accompanies this editorial, Ramsey et al 1 report the results of their study on tumor marker use among older women with early-stage breast cancer. The study is a Seer-Medicare ...

Researchers in Japan have developed a predictive model that could improve treatment decisions for advanced pancreatic cancer patients. By combining tumor marker readings with patients' genetic ...

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 ...

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.