Like any other disease, cancer has become more common than we really realize. The National Institute of Cancer estimates 600,920 cancer deaths in 2017 in the US alone. The only prevention of these ever-escalating deaths due to cancer is to have an effective screening program every nation should put in …
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Tumor markers are used for monitoring the effectiveness of treatment. They are used to see if there are recurrent causes of cancer. That is the true use of serum tumor markers, but serum tumor markers have found utility in other segments, as well. For example, there are tumor markers for …
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Down syndrome is the most common inherited cause of mental retardation. Prenatal aneuploidy screening can be done in the first or second trimester of pregnancy to evaluate the risk of Down syndrome and other genetic conditions in the fetus. By the time a mother knows she is pregnant, the karyotype …
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