Cancer Biomarkers

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A cancer biomarker mentions to a material or process that is indicative of the attendance of cancer in the body. A biomarker may be a molecule secreted by a tumor or a precise reaction of the body to the presence of cancer.
Biological fragment convert in blood, other body fluids, or tissues that is a sign of a normal or abnormal process, or of a state or disease. A biomarker may be used to see how well the body proceeds to a action for a disease or condition. One of the most well-known cancer biomarkers is Prostate-specific antigen, or PSA, and higher levels of PSA in men tend to signal for prostate cancer. Actually, cancer biomarkers are more than just a signal of the disease, and have many roles in the competition against cancer.
Cancer biomarkers identified so far

  •      Oral Cancer
  •          Breast Cancer
  •          Liver Cancer
  •          Pancreas Cancer
  •          Colon Cancer
  •          Ovarian and Cervical Cancer
  •          Prostate Cancer
  •          Brain Cancer
  •          Thyroid Cancer
  •          Lung Cancer
  •          Kidney Cancer
  •          Bladder Cancer 

                                           
                
Biomarkers are limited to measurement of  proteins in the blood or urine. Biomarkers refers to a substance or process that indicates the presence of cancer in the body. There are different  biomarkers used for the prognosis, diagnosis and epidemiology like epigenetic, Genetic,   glycomics, proteomic, and imaging biomarkers. A number of gene and protein based biomarkers have already been used at some point in patient care; including:
         PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) (Prostate Cancer),
        AFP (Liver Cancer), 
         BRCA1 / BRCA2 (Breast/Ovarian Cancer), 
         BRAF V600E (Melanoma/Colorectal Cancer), 
         CA-125 (Ovarian Cancer), BCR-ABL (Chronic Myeloid Leukemia),  
  • Protein biomarkers
  • Fluorescent biomarkers
  • Cancer Risk evaluation
  • Cancer epidemiology biomarkers
  • Prognosis and treatment
  • Biomarkers in Cancer Research
  • Cancer Rheumatology
  • Diagnostic biomarker
  • Prognostic biomarkers
  • Stratification (predictive) biomarker 




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