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A 'biomarker' is a test - something that can be reliably measured in the body and that helps doctors understand more about a disease. Similar to how meteorologists predict the weather based on global patterns in weather systems, and tell you if you might need an umbrella later in the week, a cancer biomarker can tell a doctor the likely course of disease and help them plan treatment.
Many biomarkers are found in the blood or urine. Imaging scans are also used as biomarkers.
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Biomarkers is a sub-category of Research and trials and Detecting cancer
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Latest Biomarkers news from Cancer Research UK
- News story: DNA sequencing matches cancer patients to clinical trials
30 November 2011 - Press Release: New molecular marker could predict if breast cancer patients need chemotherapy
28 July 2010 - News story: New technique identifies tumour DNA changes in individual patients
19 February 2010 - Press Release: Cancer Research UK and AstraZeneca to accelerate biomarker research
5 October 2009 - Press Release: Fat capsules carry markers for deadly prostate cancer
13 May 2009 - Press Release: Racial differences in response to bowel cancer genetic risk factor
30 March 2008
- Press Release: DNA repair genes help predict impact of chemo for melanoma
13 August 2010 - Press Release: Cancer Research UK launches groundbreaking research centre at Barts
23 February 2010 - News story: Faulty enzyme linked to certain brain tumours
23 November 2009 - Press Release: Potential shown in breast cancer biomarker
10 June 2009 - News story: MicroRNAs may aid cancer detection
30 July 2008
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