Combination of MiR-103a-3p and mesothelin improves the biomarker performance of malignant mesothelioma diagnosis.

For the detection of malignant mesothelioma no single biomarker with reasonable sensitivity and specificity has been described so far. Mesothelin, the most prominent blood-based biomarker, is characterized by high specificity but low sensitivity. It might be reasonable to combine biomarkers of diffe...

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Main Authors: Daniel G Weber, Swaantje Casjens, Georg Johnen, Oleksandr Bryk, Irina Raiko, Beate Pesch, Jens Kollmeier, Torsten T Bauer, Thomas Brüning
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4255020?pdf=render