Doctors often monitor tumor markers in the blood to help diagnose and treat liver cancer. Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) is the most common tumor marker that doctors monitor. Tumor markers, also called ...

Blood tests are helpful for monitoring your overall health. But research suggests they can also give us clues about the ...

When Ginny Mason was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer in 1994, she never once heard the word “biomarker.” “Back then, all you got was ER and PR [the estrogen receptor and progesterone ...

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 ...

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.

While we're still learning how to best treat cancer, doctors have gotten better at spotting it in its earliest stage. That's thanks to specific cancer markers—cells that often appear when invasive ...

It’s long been known that women who are more physically active in their spare time have a lower risk of breast cancer, with those who are the most active having about 20 percent less risk of ...

High neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet to lymphocyte ratio (PLR) are associated with worse progression-free survival and 5-year overall survival in patients with ovarian cancer. The ...

The field of cancer metabolism is ever expanding. Scientists are studying new ways to target metabolism to reduce tumor growth. In healthy cells energy is obtained through complex metabolic processes ...

It’s long been known that women who are more physically active in their spare time have a lower risk of breast cancer, with those who are the most active having about 20 percent less risk of ...