Cancer Biomarkers

Biomarkers are those molecules which serve as indicator for the processes that may occur in a body for a disease for which the patient has been diagnosed. Cancer Biomarkers are those biological molecules that may help to detect if a person is having Cancer. Some major examples of Biomarkers that has been used for diagnosis of cancer are, ER/PR (Used for Breast Cancer), Eml4/ALK (used for Lung Cancer). Additionally, biomarkers are generally used in clinical practice to identify patients with favorable prognoses who can safely avoid overtreatment.