Cancer Biomarkers
Cancer biomarkers are molecules found in body tissues, organs and fluids that can indicate the presence of cancer or evaluate how well a cancer treatment is working. They are usually proteins, enzymes, hormones and genetic materials. Using biomarkers can help doctors diagnose cancer more quickly and accurately, predict how the cancer may behave and how likely treatments may be to work, and monitor how well treatments are working. For example, prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is a biomarker that is used to detect prostate cancer with a blood test.
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