{"id":2782026,"date":"2023-12-05T14:32:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T19:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vip2-msd.com\/merckcom-migrated\/?post_type=story&p=2782026"},"modified":"2025-07-30T14:02:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T18:02:33","slug":"biomarker-testing-may-help-inform-treatment-decisions-in-certain-cancers","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/vip2-msd.com\/merckcom-migrated\/stories\/biomarker-testing-may-help-inform-treatment-decisions-in-certain-cancers\/","title":{"rendered":"Biomarker testing may help inform treatment decisions in certain cancers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Biomarker testing may help inform treatment decisions in certain cancers\n <\/h1>\n

An oncologist explains why cancer biomarkers may provide more precise information about a person's cancer<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Over the past 20+ years, there’s been an evolution in how we think about cancer. Cancer biomarkers — substances produced by tumor cells that reflect unique features of a tumor — can change the approach to certain cancers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Advances in biomarker testing may help inform treatment decisions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It wasn’t long ago when conversations were about simply \u201cbreast cancer\u201d or \u201clung cancer.” Now, physicians can get a lot more precise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWe’ve come to understand that two people with the same type of cancer may have differences in the specific changes in the genes, proteins and other substances that may allow cancer cells to grow and spread.”<\/h4>\n\n\n\n