Coombes KR

ORCID: 0000-0002-7630-2123 · 2 papers in corpus
2011
Proteomic biomarkers apolipoprotein A1, truncated transthyretin and connective tissue activating protein III enhance the sensitivity of CA125 for detecting early stage epithelial ovarian cancer.
Gynecologic Oncology ·doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2011.06.002

ObjectiveThe low prevalence of ovarian cancer demands both high sensitivity (>75%) and specificity (99.6%) to achieve a positive predictive value of 10% for successful early detection. Utilizing a two stage strategy where serum marker(s) pr…

2008
Ovarian cancer: linking genomics to new target discovery and molecular markers--the way ahead.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology ·doi:10.1007/978-0-387-69080-3_3