A tumor marker for pancreatic cancer helps healthcare professionals detect, diagnose, or treat it. However, a person can have high tumor marker levels without having cancer. Tumor markers are ...

These markers are most helpful when someone already has a diagnosed cancer — to track treatment response or detect recurrence ...

A 69 year old female patient with cancer in the head (widest part) of the pancreas spreading to a major abdominal artery (left image). After combined chemotherapy and radiation treatment, the tumor ...

When Ginny Mason was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer in 1994, she never once heard the word “biomarker.” “Back then, all you got was ER and PR [the estrogen receptor and progesterone ...

Simple blood markers may predict nivolumab outcomes in metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Learn how eosinophils could help ...

Breast cancer remains a predominant global health challenge for women, with late-stage diagnosis being a key contributor to its high mortality. This is particularly pronounced in low-resource settings ...

When it comes to high blood sugar, cancer and diabetes can create a “vicious cycle,” as one expert explained. An association has been found between inflammatory markers and blood sugar fluctuation ...