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  • Searching for Appropriate Cancer Biomarkers

    11/04/2009 9:07:53 PM PST · by neverdem · 4 replies · 414+ views
    Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News ^ | Sep 1 2009 | Amnon Gonenne, Ph.D.
    Tumor-Specific Antigens Could Positively Impact Diagnosis, Imaging, and TherapyThe medical literature abounds with examples of the benefits of early cancer detection. Cure rates are always dramatically higher before the tumor has spread and while surgery is still an option. For example in cervical cancer, detection at the earliest stages of the disease is associated with a 99% five-year survival rate. Similarly encouraging statistics may be found for cancers of the breast, ovaries, colon, skin, and other sites. Cancer detected through physical examination or medical imaging is usually too advanced for hope of a cure, which has led to an explosion...