National Institutes of Health (NIH)-supported investigators have developed a blood test to find pancreatic ductal ...

A panel of four biomarkers had high accuracy for distinguishing cancer from noncancer ...

A tumor marker for pancreatic cancer helps healthcare professionals detect, diagnose, or treat it. However, a person can have high tumor marker levels without having cancer. Tumor markers are ...

When Ginny Mason was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer in 1994, she never once heard the word “biomarker.” “Back then, all you got was ER and PR [the estrogen receptor and progesterone ...

A blood test appears capable of detecting early-stage pancreatic cancers with up to 97% accuracy, a new study reports. The test looks for eight small RNA particles and eight larger DNA markers shed by ...

Researchers have modified a unique cancer-loving probiotic bacteria to release a marker that can be detected in the urine after it comes into contact with bowel cancer, even when it's in the early ...

Scientists have made progress on developing an experimental blood test that could detect many types of cancer in their early stages, and possibly even their locations in the body. Scientists have made ...

A test for pee-based markers of prostate cancer has previously relied on an uncomfortable first step. A new study has revealed that the now-available test remains just as accurate without it, paving ...

A personalized blood test known as a circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) test—which detects tiny fragments of cancer DNA ...

Despite its popularity, biotin lacks strong evidence for hair regrowth, and safer alternatives like minoxidil are recommended ...

Recent research suggests that blood tests may show markers of oral cancer. But a blood test isn’t enough to confirm an oral cancer diagnosis. A biopsy is the only way to confirm it. Blood tests for ...