Biomarkers for Cancer : Facts on Cancer

In this post and the following ones, I will summary the facts about what I learned about biomarkers, particularly cancer biomarkers.

1.. Jemal A et al. (2007) Cancer statistics, 2007. CA Cancer J Clin 57: 43–66

Cancer continues to be a major cause of morbidity and mortality among men and women. In the US in 2006, over 1.4 million new cases of cancer were diagnosed and over half a million people died from this disease; the disease accounts for approximately 25% of all deaths in the US each year.