FAQs About Colorectal Cancer Biomarkers

Your body is full of information that can give you a clearer picture of what’s going on inside it. Sometimes you just need the right book of translations to understand what it’s trying to tell you. For cancer, biomarkers (short for biological markers) can be that translator. Biomarkers are useful tools to help you and your medical team understand your diagnosis, gene makeup and treatment options. Read on to learn what biomarkers are and how they can be helpful if you’ve been diagnosed with colorectal cancer, also commonly called colon cancer. ​What are biomarkers?Biomarkers are molecules in bo