Tumor Markers: Physiology, Pathobiology, Technology, and Clinical Applications

Although tumor marker analysis constitutes a sizeable portion of clinical laboratory investigation, no comprehensive textbook about this important area of examination currently exists. This book is the first to meet this need. Tumor Markers: Physiology, Pathobiology, Technology, and Clinical Applications provides up-to-date information on how medical practitioners can use these markers to detect disease and/or monitor treatment. Organized into four parts- principles and practice, including recommended guidelines for clinical applications of tumor marker analysis; identification and explication of organ-specific tumor markers; important genomic, proteomic, and bioinformatic technologies for discovering new cancer markers; and emerging trends, including the discovery of promising new cancer biomarkers- Tumor Markers: Physiology, Pathobiology, Technology, and Clinical Applications will be used by clinicians, clinical and medical biochemists, trainees in laboratory medicine, diagnostic companies, technologists, and other allied health professionals who wish to increase their expertise about these important markers of disease and in the process, improve patient care.