Markers of dispute

被引:10
作者
Hughes, Virginia
机构
[1] Virginia Hughes is a freelance journalist based in Brooklyn,
[2] New York.,undefined
关键词
PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; SERUM MARKER; CANCER; CARCINOMA; MORTALITY; EPCA-2;
D O I
10.1038/nm1209-1339
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The gold standard for early detection of prostate cancer, PSA, has recently come under fire for its high rate of false positives. Virginia Hughes investigates some of the researchers hunting for better alternatives and asks whether their promises of creating viable-and profitable-biomarker tests will ever be realized.
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页码:1339 / 1343
页数:5
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