title: Biomarker-based early cancer detection: is it achievable?
abstract: A new mathematical model evaluates the power of blood-based biomarkers for early cancer detection.
authors.affiliation: Program in Computational Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
authors.forename: William D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Hazelton
authors.forename: E Georg
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Luebeck
mesh_terms: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor
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