Article: Tumor markers research perspectives.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

Article: Tumor markers research focus.(Brief ...
SciTech Book News;  September 1, 2008 ;     455 words ...9781600215445 Tumor markers research focus. Ed. by Deborah H. Chang. Nova Biomedical Books 2007 300 pages $129.00 Hardcover RC270 Tumor markers are molecules in blood or tissues that are associated with cancer ...

Article: Serum tumor markers: Part I: clinical utility.
Medical Laboratory Observer;  December 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Tumor markers are chemicals found in the body ... suspected of having, or have had cancer. Tumor markers are usually constituents of healthy ... approaches have been used to classify tumor markers. One method is to categorize them ...

Article: Serum tumor markers in small cell lung carcinoma ...
Turkish Journal of Cancer;  April 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT Tumor markers are frequently used in the management of cancer patients ... 87]. KEY WORDS: Small cell lung cancer, NSE, tumor markers, chemotherapy INTRODUCTION Tumor markers are substances usually of peptide nature secreted ...

Article: The evaluation of tumor markers in acute ...
Turkish Journal of Cancer;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT Tumor markers have been used for detecting and ... sensitivity and specificity of the tumor markers are not enough for detecting malignant ... rate of false positivity of some tumor markers in acute pancreatitis. For this ...

Article: Tumor Markers
Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer;      700+ words ...Tumor markers Definition Tumor markers are measurable biochemicals that are associated with a malignancy ... proteins that are secreted into the urine. Purpose Though tumor markers are rarely specific enough to be used alone to diagnose cancer ...

Article: Tumor Markers: Physiology, Pathobiology, Technology ...
Clinical Chemistry;  February 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Tumor Markers: Physiology, Pathobiology, Technology ... useful and up-to-date compendium of tumor markers comprises 57 information-packed ... serious attempt to update the state of tumor markers, and this represents a very ambitious ...

Article: Tumor markers for diagnosing malignant pleural ...
Chest;  January 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Paganuzzi and colleagues (1) analyzed two tumor markers (carcinoembryonic antigen [CEA ... concluded that elevated levels of these tumor markers suggest a diagnosis of malignant pleural ... diagnosis should be made on the basis of tumor markers alone. Can this conclusion be obtained ...