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2. Cancer biomarker - Wikipedia

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   One notable biomarker garnering significant attention is the protein biomarker S100-beta in monitoring the response of malignant melanoma. In such melanomas, melanocytes , the cells that make pigment in our skin, produce the protein S100-beta in high concentrations dependent on the number of cancer cells.

3. Tumor marker - Wikipedia

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   A tumor marker is a biomarker that can be used to indicate the presence of cancer or the behavior of cancers (measure progression or response to therapy). They can be found in bodily fluids or tissue. Markers can help with assessing prognosis, surveilling patients after surgical removal of tumors, and even predicting drug-response and monitor ...

4. A test can help doctors treat cancer. But Ohio doesn't ... - AOL

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   In 2020, 44% of cancer patients paid an out-of-pocket cost for biomarker testing and one-third paid more than $500, according to a 2020 American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network survey of 933 ...

5. Biomarker - Wikipedia

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   In biomedical contexts, a biomarker, or biological marker, is a measurable indicator of some biological state or condition. Biomarkers are often measured and evaluated using blood, urine, or soft tissues [1] to examine normal biological processes, pathogenic processes, or pharmacologic responses to a therapeutic intervention. [2]

6. Prognosis marker - Wikipedia

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   Prognostic markers are biomarkers used to measure the progress of a disease in the patient sample. [1] Prognostic markers are useful to stratify the patients into groups, guiding towards precise medicine discovery. The widely used prognostic markers in cancers include stage, size, grade, node and metastasis. In addition to these common markers ...

7. Asparagine synthetase - Wikipedia

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   The particularly low-level expression of asparagine synthetase in primary acute lymphoblastic leukemia and numerous ALL cell lines, as compared to that of normal cells, makes asparagine depletion an effective method of treatment due to the cells' unusual dependency on circulating serum asparagine as a necessary nutrition for growth.