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2. CA19-9 - Wikipedia

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   The reason is that the test may be falsely normal (false negative) in many cases or abnormally elevated in people who have no cancer (false positive) in others. The main use of CA19-9 is therefore to see whether a pancreatic tumor is secreting it; if that is the case, then the levels should fall when the tumor is treated, and they may rise ...

3. Tumor marker - Wikipedia

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   Mainly pancreatic cancer, but also colorectal cancer and other types of gastrointestinal cancer. [12] CA-125: Mainly ovarian cancer, [13] but may also be elevated in for example endometrial cancer, fallopian tube cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer and gastrointestinal cancer. [14] Calcitonin: medullary thyroid carcinoma [15] Calretinin

4. New colorectal cancer blood test approved by FDA: What to know

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   The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently approved a blood test screening for colorectal cancer that has an over 83% success rate at detecting the presence of this form of cancer.

5. CA 242 (tumor marker) - Wikipedia

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   CA 242 is a tumor marker for sialylated Lewis carbohydrates associated with adenocarcinomas and e-selectin-mediated metastatic risk. [1] [2] [3] It is commonly tested along with CEA, CA19-9, and CA242 for detecting pancreatic cancer. [4] The specificity of CA 242 is higher than similar markers.

6. A blood test for colon cancer performed well in a study ...

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   Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States and the third worldwide. In the U.S., more than 153,000 new cases and 53,000 deaths from the disease are ...

7. FDA approves new blood test to screen for colon cancer

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   This is the second blood test to screen for colon cancer; Epigenomics’ Epi proColon was approved in 2016. But it’s rarely used, Smith said, because of concerns about its accuracy. It's also ...

8. Cancer biomarker - Wikipedia

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   While numerous challenges exist in translating biomarker research into the clinical space; a number of gene and protein based biomarkers have already been used at some point in patient care; including, AFP (liver cancer), BCR-ABL (chronic myeloid leukemia), BRCA1 / BRCA2 (breast/ovarian cancer), BRAF V600E (melanoma/colorectal cancer), CA-125 ...

9. FDA approves blood test for colorectal cancer screening among ...

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   The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a blood test to be used for colorectal cancer screening among average-risk adults 45 and older.