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Breast Cancer
Mammaglobin is a serum marker for breast cancer
December 1st, 2005
Mammaglobin is a serum marker for breast cancer. According to a study from the United States, "Early detection of breast cancer has implications for the management and treatment of patients with this disease. Currently, there exist no highly sensitive and specific serologic biomarkers for detection of breast cancer." "Mammaglobin is predicted to be a secreted protein, and expression of this gene seems to be highly specific in breast cancer. The present studies were undertaken to develop the mammaglobin protein as a serum biomarker for detection of breast cancer." "We characterized the mammaglobin protein as a secreted, 14-to...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-12-01)
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