Abstract
A major global health problem that is growing worse daily is cancer. Globally, there has been a significant rise in cancer cases—19.3 million in total—and deaths—10 million, according to the online database GLOBOCAN. Around the globe, there are numerous cancer awareness campaigns that provide information on the disease's early detection and preventative measures using biomarkers. Through careful patient selection based on likely treatment and prognosis, the discovery of these biomarkers paved the way for precision medicine to better patient outcomes. This chapter discusses the importance of cancer biomarkers in developing therapeutics, as well as their role in precision medicine, emerging approaches, and challenges. Precision medicine may offer greater clinical benefits and reach due to developments in molecular identification methods like genomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics, as well as the ability to link drug development with multi-therapy approaches.
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Abbreviations
- ADC:
-
Antibody-drug conjugates
- ADC:
-
Apparent diffusion coefficient
- ALK:
-
Anaplastic lymphoma kinase
- ALL:
-
Acute lymphocytic leukemia
- BCL2:
-
B cell lymphoma-2
- BCMA:
-
B cell maturation antigen
- BiTEs:
-
Bispecific T cell engagers
- CAR-T:
-
Chimeric antigen receptor-modified T cells
- CD:
-
Cluster of differentiation
- CDKN2A:
-
Cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor 2A
- CLDN:
-
Claudin
- CLL:
-
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
- CTLA-4:
-
Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4
- EGFR:
-
Epidermal growth factor receptor
- FDA:
-
Food and Drug Administration
- FET:
-
18F-Fluoro-ethyl-tyrosine
- FISH:
-
Fluorescence in situ hybridization
- GBM:
-
Glioblastoma multiforme
- HER2:
-
Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2
- IDH1:
-
Isocitrate dehydrogenase 1
- IDO1:
-
Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1
- IHC:
-
Immuno-histochemistry
- ISH:
-
In situ hybridization
- JAK:
-
Janus kinase
- KRAS:
-
Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog
- LAG3:
-
Lymphocyte activating 3
- Let-7:
-
Lethal-7
- LncRNA:
-
Long non-coding RNA
- mAb:
-
Monoclonal antibody
- MGMT:
-
Methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase
- miRNA:
-
Micro RNA
- MRI:
-
Magnetic resonance imaging
- mRNA:
-
Messenger RNA
- NGS:
-
Next-generation sequencing
- NSCLC:
-
Non small cell lung cancer
- ORR:
-
Overall response rate
- PD-1:
-
Programmed cell death protein 1
- PDL1:
-
Programmed death-ligand 1
- PET-CT:
-
Positron emission tomography-computed tomography
- PPP3CA:
-
Protein phosphatase 3 catalytic subunit-α
- qPCR:
-
Quantitative polymerase chain reaction
- RB1:
-
Retinoblastoma 1
- ROS1:
-
c-ros oncogene 1
- ShRNA:
-
Short hairpin RNA
- SLAMF7:
-
Signaling lymphocyte activation molecule F7
- STK11:
-
Serine/Threonine kinase 11
- TCGA:
-
The cancer genome atlas
- TIM3:
-
T-cell immunoglobulin and mucin-domain containing-3
- TP53:
-
Tumor protein 53
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Atale, N., Rani, V. (2023). Biomarkers in Precision Medicine with Special Reference to Oncology. In: Tuli, H.S., Yerer Aycan, M.B. (eds) Oncology: Genomics, Precision Medicine and Therapeutic Targets. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-1529-3_7
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