Cancer Biomarkers
by S. Nass, H. Moses
Publisher: National Academies Press 2007
ISBN/ASIN: 030910386X
ISBN-13: 9780309103862
Number of pages: 252
Description:
Many cancer patients are diagnosed at a stage in which the cancer is too far advanced to be cured, and most cancer treatments are effective in only a minority of patients undergoing therapy. Thus, there is tremendous opportunity to improve the outcome for people with cancer by enhancing detection and treatment approaches. Biomarkers will be instrumental in making that transition.
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