Team finds markers related to ovarian cancer survival and recurrence | News Bureau | University of Illinois

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"Illinois animal sciences professor Sandra Rodriguez-Zas, left, and graduate student Kristin Delfino identified biomarkers that are used to determine ovarian cancer survival and recurrence and showed how the interactions between these biomarkers affect these outcomes.....

CHAMPAIGN, lll. — Researchers at the University of Illinois have identified biomarkers that can be used to determine ovarian cancer survival and recurrence, and have shown how these biomarkers interact with each other to affect these outcomes.

Their findings appear in the journal PLOS ONE.

Researchers try to find molecules called biomarkers that help determine a person’s likelihood of getting a disease or, if they have already been diagnosed, how far the disease has advanced. Genes, transcription factors and microRNAs are often used as biomarkers because these molecules can be heralds of disease or portents of susceptibility......