Another blood test that may be used to detect pancreatic cancer is the CEA (carcinoembryonic antigen) test. Similar to the CA 19-9 test, elevated levels of CEA in the blood may suggest the ...

Scientists have created a new low-cost, fast response sensor to detect lung cancer biomarkers, paving the way for the development of screening devices to spot the disease even before symptoms occur.

Despite CEA testing being ... detecting residual cancer cells with assays that screen blood for circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA), with one study finding that positive ctDNA tests predicted ...

Preoperative chemoradiotherapy is the standard treatment component of multimodality therapy based on studies showing an improved local control rate for this approach compared with surgery alone or ...

and achieved clinically relevant detection limits for both NSE and CEA. The results indicate the technology has significant promise as a valuable tool in the early and accurate detection of lung ...

The sensors were tested with buffer and human samples, and achieved clinically relevant detection limits for both NSE and CEA ... of lung cancer. The simple and quick test means that clinical ...