Tumor markers: A diagnostic tool
| Autor: | Madhav Nagpal, Pranshu Singh, Pallavi Chauhan, Shreya Singh, Meesam Abbas Zaidi |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
Oncology CA15-3 medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Cancer Review Article medicine.disease oral squamous cell carcinoma 03 medical and health sciences 030104 developmental biology tumor markers Internal medicine Cancer cell medicine Surgery Cancer biomarkers cancerous Oral Surgery business Biomarkers Tumor marker |
| Zdroj: | National Journal of Maxillofacial Surgery |
| ISSN: | 2229-3418 0975-5950 |
| Popis: | The purpose of this review is to give a brief background to enable the judicious use of widely performed serum cancer markers. The markers could be product of cancerous cell or as response to cancer. They are usually proteins, which are mainly found in blood or urine. These markers may be employed to predict primary or secondary tumor risk. Sometimes, non-cancerous conditions can also cause elevation of some tumor markers to be higher than normal. Besides, not every cancer patient may have raised level of a tumor marker. For these reasons, knowledge about cancer biomarkers has increased tremendously. Awareness for cancer and related tumor markers providing great opportunities for improving the management of cancer patients by enhancing the efficiency of detection and efficacy of treatment. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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