Speaking of tumor markers: Osteopontin-C

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Grace,

I found the link to the abstract that this article was based on:http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/c...34104/ABSTRACT

It states, "Osteopontin-c is selectively expressed in invasive, but not in noninvasive, breast tumor cell lines, and it effectively supports anchorage independence."

From reading the sentence above, I take it this marker is only useful for invasive cancer. I can't think of what invasive cancer would not require surgery - may be a mistake in the quote.

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Here is an article that gives a better idea - looks like it is for DCIS: http://www.breastcancersource.com/br..._29073___.aspx

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Thanks again. I'll check it out.