TY - JOUR
T1 - Biomarkers in gastrointestinal cancers
AU - Badreddine, Rami
AU - Wang, Kenneth K.
PY - 2008/8
Y1 - 2008/8
N2 - We have summarized the characteristics of the clinically useful or potentially useful biomarkers in a number of GI cancers. This field is growing, and the predictive and diagnostic value of the biomarkers as a measure of carcinogenesis is still in evolution. It is essential for the clinician to have an understanding of the basic molecular biology behind GI cancers because, in the future, many clinicians will be routinely ordering biomarker testing as part of patient screening. The biomarkers in GI cancers are useful not only for screening, diagnosis, and prognosis but also for prediction of the response to mechanism-based interventions, such as chemoprevention. Ongoing assessment of these diagnostic and predictive factors will probably lead to a change in the current staging of many GI cancers.
AB - We have summarized the characteristics of the clinically useful or potentially useful biomarkers in a number of GI cancers. This field is growing, and the predictive and diagnostic value of the biomarkers as a measure of carcinogenesis is still in evolution. It is essential for the clinician to have an understanding of the basic molecular biology behind GI cancers because, in the future, many clinicians will be routinely ordering biomarker testing as part of patient screening. The biomarkers in GI cancers are useful not only for screening, diagnosis, and prognosis but also for prediction of the response to mechanism-based interventions, such as chemoprevention. Ongoing assessment of these diagnostic and predictive factors will probably lead to a change in the current staging of many GI cancers.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01994.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01994.x
M3 - Review article
C2 - 18637088
AN - SCOPUS:49349099864
SN - 0002-9270
VL - 103
SP - 2106
EP - 2110
JO - American Journal of Gastroenterology
JF - American Journal of Gastroenterology
IS - 8
ER -