New biomarker method could increase the number of diagnostic tests for cancer

The UCSF press office reports new biomarker method could increase the number of diagnostic tests for cancer:

A team of researchers, including several from UCSF, has demonstrated that a new method for detecting and quantifying protein biomarkers in body fluids may ultimately make it possible to screen multiple biomarkers in hundreds of patient samples, thus ensuring that only the strongest biomarker candidates will advance down the development pipeline.  The researchers have developed a method to increase accuracy in detecting real cancer biomarkers that is highly reproducible across laboratories and a variety of instruments so that cancer can be detected in its earliest stages.

Cool, as the release notes these finding are significant because they potentially allow many more biomarkers to be used for cancer detection and treatment.