Gene-targeted therapy and immunotherapy can be regarded as the most cutting-edge methods in current cancer treatment, saving the lives of many cancer patients. An essential indicator in these new types of cancer treatment is cancer biomarker testing.
Here are answers to nine frequently asked questions about cancer markers.
1. What Is a Cancer Biomarker?
The full name of biomarker is biological marker; a cancer biomarker or cancer marker, as the name suggests, indicates the characteristics of cancer.
Jenny Han
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Jenny Han is a health writer for The Epoch Times. She graduated from Shandong University with a major in clinical medicine. She did research on the mechanism of immunity and autoimmune disease at Temple University and Nemours Children's Hospital.
