Multiplexed Serum Markers Screening For Detection Of Pancreatic Cancer
13th Nov 2006, 19:42 GMT
A panel of 10 blood biomarkers performed almost perfectly in picking out people who had pancreatic cancer from those who didn't, according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh. The advance raises hopes that a test can be developed to screen for the aggressive cancer in time to treat it, they say.
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