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Liver Cancer Tumor Markers: Their Role in Diagnosis and Treatment

Doctors often monitor tumor markers in the blood to help diagnose and treat liver cancer. Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) is the most common tumor marker that doctors monitor. Tumor markers, also called ...
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Predicting Outcome to Chemotherapy in Patients With Germ Cell Tumors: The Value of the Rate of Decline of Human Chorionic Gonadotrophin and Alpha-Fetoprotein During Therapy

Combination Paclitaxel, Carboplatin, and Gemcitabine Is an Active Treatment for Advanced Urothelial Cancer PURPOSE: The prognostic significance of the rate of decline of the serum tumor marker ...
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Use of Tumor Markers Low in Testis Cancer

March 27, 2008 — Within the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) registry, there is substantial variation in tumor-marker reporting for testis cancer, according to an analysis published ...
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New Utility of an Old Marker: Serial α-Fetoprotein Measurement in Predicting Radiologic Response and Survival of Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma Undergoing Systemic ...

Early Prediction of Response to Sunitinib After Imatinib Failure by 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography in Patients With Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor There are limitations in using ...
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Testicular Cancer Tumor Markers and Their Role in Diagnosis and Treatment

Tumor markers can help doctors diagnose testicular cancer, determine effective treatment, and monitor how well that treatment is working. Doctors have been using tumor markers to help diagnose and ...