Novel plasma telomerase detection method to improve cancer diagnostic assessment.

The activity levels of telomerase and its mRNA have been found to be more diagnostically sensitive than cytological results in many cancerous tissues and correlate well with the clinical disease stage. Currently, there are several methods of detecting telomerase in tissues and in blood. The most com...

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Main Authors: George Hilal, Ruth Reitzel, Zainab Al Hamal, Anne-Marie Chaftari, Iba Al Wohoush, Ying Jiang, Ray Hachem, Issam I Raad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5414931?pdf=render