Identification of biological markers of cancer is a major area of research. Biomarkers could identify the presence of a tumor before it could otherwise be easily detected, and the ability to detect cancers at early st...Identification of biological markers of cancer is a major area of research. Biomarkers could identify the presence of a tumor before it could otherwise be easily detected, and the ability to detect cancers at early stages is a key factor in increasing survivability. For example, the American Cancer Society finds that a reason breast cancer survival rates are so high is that there are good methods for early detection of tumors. However, this is not the case for most cancers. For lung cancer, the five-year survival is 15%, but for the 16% of lung cancer cases diagnosed at early stages,展开更多
文摘Identification of biological markers of cancer is a major area of research. Biomarkers could identify the presence of a tumor before it could otherwise be easily detected, and the ability to detect cancers at early stages is a key factor in increasing survivability. For example, the American Cancer Society finds that a reason breast cancer survival rates are so high is that there are good methods for early detection of tumors. However, this is not the case for most cancers. For lung cancer, the five-year survival is 15%, but for the 16% of lung cancer cases diagnosed at early stages,
