Lung Cancer Gene Discovery A Sign of Cancer's Future
Science is tackling gene-caused flaws, cancer stem cells, and earlier detection of tumors
Posted October 23, 2008
Jane Tervooren, 55: A carrier of the breast cancer gene, she stayed on high alert.
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While researchers are optimistic, it's important to note that biomarkers have to be shown not just to find cancer early but to reduce mortality from the disease, says Beth Karlan, director of the Women's Cancer Research Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and a member of the team that identified HE4. As history teaches, when it comes to cancer, there's good reason to temper optimism with caution. Fulfilling all this promise will take time, which won't please those who are tired of waiting. But "in 10 or 20 years," predicts M.D. Anderson's DuBois, "there will be a whole different way of detecting and treating cancer."
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