The process to discover and develop biomarkers for cancer: A work in progress

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 100, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 1419-1420

  Ransohoff, David F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TUMOR MARKER;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; COLON ADENOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE MARKER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCREENING TEST; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; NOTE;

HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 54049084526     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djn339     Document Type: Editorial

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