Cancer Biomarkers and Targets in Digestive Organs

• Main Author: Lee, Nikki (auth)
• Other Authors: Yee, Nelson (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: Medicine; n/a; liver graft injury; HFE; neurokinin; chemotherapy; intestinal tumors; therapeutic targets; biliary tract carcinoma; hepatocellular carcinoma; clinical trial; cell adhesion molecules; colorectal cancer; biomarkers; phenotypic mosaics; gastrointestinal oncology; Asian Cancer Research Group (ACRG); biomarker; psychosocial support; precision therapy; pancreatic carcinoma; precision medicine; Liver transplantation; predictive biomarkers; CD274; cholecystokinin; The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA); gastrin; pembrolizumab; immunotherapy; gastrin-releasing peptide; stereotactic body radiation therapy; immunohistochemistry; gastric carcinoma; liver transplant; CAM invasion assay; intragraft gene expression profiles; molecular profiling; targeted therapy; neurotensin; intestinal disorder; ramucirumab; next-generation sequencing; colorectal carcinoma; tumor progenitor; circulating tumor cells; gastrointestinal malignancies; bombesin; trastuzumab; somatostatin; zebrafish; G protein-coupled receptors
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Identification and development of cancer biomarkers and targets have greatly accelerated progress towards precision medicine in oncology. Studies of tumor biology have not only provided insights into the mechanisms underlying carcinogenesis, but also led to discovery of molecules that have been deve...