| Literature DB >> 24416469 |
Fanny Le Du1, Naoto T Ueno2, Ana M Gonzalez-Angulo3.
Abstract
Breast cancer is a heterogeneous disease. For the past decades, new technical tools have been developed for biomarkers at the DNA, RNA and protein levels to better understand the biology of breast cancer. This progress is essential to classify the disease into clinically relevant subtypes, which may lead to new therapeutic opportunities. Novel biomarker development is paramount to deliver personalized cancer therapies. Further, tumor evolution, being natural or under treatment pressure, should be monitored and "liquid biopsies" by detecting circulating tumor cells or circulating free tumor DNA in blood samples will become an important option. This paper reviews the new generation of biomarkers and the current evidence to demonstrate their analytical validity, clinical validity and clinical utility.Entities:
Keywords: Biomarkers; Breast cancer; Clinical utility; Prediction; Prognosis
Year: 2013 PMID: 24416469 PMCID: PMC3882751 DOI: 10.1007/s12609-013-0125-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Breast Cancer Rep ISSN: 1943-4588