ReCAP: Impact of the National Cancer Institute Community Cancer Centers Program on Clinical Trial and Related Activities at a Community Cancer Center in Rural Nebraska Over a 1-year period, the mean ...

Numerous markers have been evaluated to facilitate the non-invasive diagnostic work-up of mesothelioma. The purpose of this study was to conduct a structured review of the diagnostic performance of ...

A blood test that detects carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) can improve preoperative risk stratification for patients with stage II colon cancer and guide decisions about adjuvant chemotherapy, say ...

“[...] these inexpensive, widely available tests with rapid turnaround times and relatively short half-lives (CEA, CA-125, and CA19-9) are perfectly situated to ...

A new research paper was published in Oncotarget's Volume 15 on June 13, 2024, entitled, "Assessment of serum tumor markers CEA, CA-125, and CA19-9 as adjuncts in non-small cell lung cancer management ...

Q-Is there a substance known as a ”tumor marker”? I`m intrigued by the idea and would like to know how it might work. A-Researchers once hoped to find that tumor cells produced certain unique ...

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 ...

A novel intelligent biosensing platform consisting of quantum dots luminescence and biochip with machine vision algorithm is proposed for point-of-care carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) protein ...

Researchers have identified a blood protein that can be used as a marker of gastric and other cancers and is more accurate than existing diagnostic biomarkers, even in the early stages of the disease.

The transcription-reverse transcription concerted reaction (TRC) test is a novel molecular-based procedure, which can assess nodal metastasis accurately and quickly. We examined the usefulness of the ...

Over a 1-year period, the mean number of any individual test per patient was seven tests, and the maximum number was 35 tests; the mean number of total tests per patient was 12 tests, and the maximum ...