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| Title |
Towards identification of true cancer biomarkers
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Medicine, September 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12916-014-0156-8 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Eleftherios P Diamandis |
| Abstract |
Most of newly discovered cancer biomarkers fail in the clinic because they lack sensitivity and/or specificity. The current explosion in knowledge of the mutational spectrum of many cancer types, as a result of whole exome and whole genome sequencing, has revealed a wide spectrum of mutations that appear to be highly specific for various cancer types. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 4 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 25% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 2 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 50% |
| Scientists | 1 | 25% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 39 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 38 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 23% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 15% |
| Researcher | 6 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 6 | 15% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 5 | 13% |
| Unknown | 5 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 15 | 38% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 9 | 23% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 15% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 1 | 3% |
| Chemistry | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 7 | 18% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 July 2021.
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#6,136,401
of 22,763,032 outputs
Outputs from BMC Medicine
#2,341
of 3,413 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#60,630
of 238,986 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Medicine
#64
of 81 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 22,763,032 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 72nd percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 3,413 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 43.5. This one is in the 30th percentile – i.e., 30% of its peers scored the same or lower than it.
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