Cancer Biomarker

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  This Blood Test Accurately Detects Fatal Brain Cancers In 60 Minutes

  A new blood test developed by scientists can detect glioblastoma, a deadly brain cancer, in just 60 minutes using a small blood sample.

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  Indian-Origin Professor Awarded $6.5 Million To Improve Cancer Diagnosis

  The US National Cancer Institute has give the "Outstanding Investigator Award" to Professor Arul Chinnaiyan, from the University of Michigan, and $6.5 million in funding over seven years, to identify cancer biomarkers to improve diagnosis and develop new targeted therapies.

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  Protein That Can Stop Cancer Identified

  The researchers believe that detection of the anti-cancer protein LHPP as a biomarker may allow clinicians to provide better treatment options.

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  Lung Cancer Drug Trials Made More Successful

  By mimicking the complexity of human tumors with a research tool, the scientists were able to identify a "biomarker" which could serve as an indication as to which patients would better respond to certain drugs, Xinhua news agency reported.

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  New Technology To Detect Skin Cancer Early

  An automated technology has been developed by researchers that combine imaging with digital analysis and machine learning to help physicians detect melanoma at its early stages.

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  New Portable Smartphone Lab Can Accurately Detect Cancer

  Scientists have developed a new low-cost, portable laboratory on a smartphone that can analyse several samples at once to catch a cancer biomarker with 99 per cent accuracy, producing lab quality results.

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  Here Comes A Smartphone Laboratory That Can Detect Cancer

  In a major step towards faster and convenient delivery of medical tests, Washington State University researchers have developed a low-cost, portable laboratory on a smartphone that can analyse several samples at once to catch a cancer biomarker, producing lab quality results.

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  Unknown Exposure To Second-Hand Smoke May Cause Early Death

  US researchers have identified a new biomarker which revealed that known and unknown exposure to second-hand smoke may lead to an increased risk of mortality in non-smokers.

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  Precision Medicine Can Widen Cancer Care Options: Study

  Using a patient's individual tumor biomarkers to determine the best treatment can improve success rates, studies showed on Saturday.

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  Finger Prick Blood Test May Help Detect Cancer

  A simple finger prick blood test may be used to diagnose cancer, say scientists who have developed a new technology to detect disease biomarkers in the form of nucleic acids, the building blocks of all living organisms.

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  Biomarker of Early Lung Cancer Identified

  Researchers have identified a biomarker that detects the most common lung cancer in its earliest stage.

• Vitamin D Deficiency May Lead to Prostate Cancer: Study

  A vitamin D deficiency has now been linked to aggressive prostate cancer. "Vitamin D deficiency could be a biomarker of advanced prostate tumour progression in large segments of the general population," said Adam B. Murphy, Northwestern University's Feinberg...

• Biomarkers needed to gauge passive smoke exposure

  Biological indicators, also known as biomarkers are needed to examine whether exposure to SHS(SHS) can cause lung cancer or not.