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UT Southwestern Medical Center
Urologists identify 7 biomarkers that may help pinpoint prostate cancer recurrence
July 15th, 2008
June 15, 2008 – A simple blood test may help doctors better predict whether prostate cancer will recur or spread in patients who have undergone surgery for the disease, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found. In a study published in the June 15 issue of Clinical Cancer Research, UT Southwestern scientists identified a panel of seven biomarkers that can predict with 86 percent accuracy which prostate cancer patients will experience a recurrence and progression of the disease. Biomarkers are proteins circulating in a patient's blood that are specific to a disease. Current risk assessment methods, which include stage and grade of...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-07-15)
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