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Cancer Pathology:Panel of Diagnostic Markers for Cancer


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1 Shri Jagdishprasad Jhabarmal Tibrewala University, Vidyanagari 333 001, India
 

Cancer is the second known lethal disorder after coronary heart disease, characterized by the loss of control of cell growth leading to excessive proliferation and spread of cells. Different diagnostic tools and different protein or glycoprotein markers are available for diagnostic utility and prognosis of cancer in patients. Of these, some diagnostic markers are promising but some still need to be validated for their utility. In this study, we demonstrate the pathogenesis of different types of cancer, such as cancer of breast tissue, pancreatic tissue, ovary, prostate, lung tissue and colorectal tract and the utility of a panel of diagnostic markers for them.

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Diagnostic Marker, Glycoprotein, Pathogenesis, Protein.
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Authors

Anuj Kumar Gupta
Shri Jagdishprasad Jhabarmal Tibrewala University, Vidyanagari 333 001, India
Prashant Khadke
Shri Jagdishprasad Jhabarmal Tibrewala University, Vidyanagari 333 001, India

Abstract


Cancer is the second known lethal disorder after coronary heart disease, characterized by the loss of control of cell growth leading to excessive proliferation and spread of cells. Different diagnostic tools and different protein or glycoprotein markers are available for diagnostic utility and prognosis of cancer in patients. Of these, some diagnostic markers are promising but some still need to be validated for their utility. In this study, we demonstrate the pathogenesis of different types of cancer, such as cancer of breast tissue, pancreatic tissue, ovary, prostate, lung tissue and colorectal tract and the utility of a panel of diagnostic markers for them.

Keywords


Diagnostic Marker, Glycoprotein, Pathogenesis, Protein.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv112%2Fi09%2F1831-1838