Developing Biomarker-Based Tools for Cancer Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment: The State of the Science, Evaluation, Implementation, and Economics:

by Margie Patlak, Institute of Medicine, National Cancer Policy Forum

Research has long sought to identify biomarkers that could detect cancer at an early stage, or predict the optimal cancer therapy for specific patients. Fueling interest in this research are recent technological advances in genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics that can enable researchers to capture the molecular fingerprints of specific cancers and fine-tune their classification according to the molecular defects they harbor. The discovery and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309101344
• ISBN13: 9780309101349
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.3" x 9.0"