Biomarkers in Hematology and Oncology

Biomarker is a measurable meter of the severity or presence of some disease state. More generally a biomarker can be used as an indicator of a physiological state or a specific disease of an organism. Biomarkers in hematology are useful to identify or diagnose blood diseases in animals.
Cancer biomarkers are biological molecules formed by the body or tumor in a person with cancer. Biomarker testing helps describe alterations in the tumor. Biomarkers can be DNA, RNA, protein or metabolomics profiles that are definite to the tumor. 

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