Biomarker advancements are reshaping cancer care in the United States and globally, yet disparities and barriers to biomarker testing remain. Challenges, such as limited awareness, gaps in patient ...

Keith W. Roach, MD, is an associate professor of clinical medicine in the division of general medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian. Christopher Kelly, MD, from UNC Health, is a general cardiologist who ...

We followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. 19 Table 1 summarizes the eligibility criteria. Study design Quantitative (interventional or ...

Biomarker-directed therapy is the cornerstone of precision oncology and has transformed cancer treatment in the 21st century, improving the outcomes of patients across the full spectrum of ...

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Biomarkers, which allow diseases to be diagnosed and staged based on relatively non-invasive blood tests, have been identified for several types of cancers, but for most cancers remain elusive. Now, ...

The German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) investigated the benefit of biomarker tests to support the decision for or against adjuvant systemic chemotherapy in certain ...

A combined analysis of blood tests to measure three biomarkers linked to higher risk of cardiovascular disease—lipoprotein a (Lp(a)), remnant cholesterol and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP ...

Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia affecting more than three million Americans a year, has proven difficult to diagnose in earlier stages. But detecting and treating the condition ...

This study was supported by Contracts 200-2011-38807,TO#27 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), 185616 (Janssen Diagnostics), HHSN2632012000741 (National Cancer Institute), NGC19399 (Novartis ...

One day, all that will be needed to pick up the earliest signs of Alzheimer’s may be a single drop of blood from a finger prick. In a January 5 Nature Medicine paper, researchers led by Nicholas ...