The Clinical Use of Tumor Markers in Select Cancers: Are You Confident Enough to Discuss Them With Your Patients?

Deanna Sanchez Yamamoto

Pamela Hallquist Viale

Karen A. Roesser

Albert Lin

ONF 2005, 32(5), 1013-1025. DOI: 10.1188/05.ONF.1013-1025

Purpose/Objectives: To review the clinical use of tumor markers in select cancers and highlight future directions in tumor marker development.

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