How many years did it take to find one marker for breast cancer?

Question

I need this answer for a biology assignment. I just need to know how many years did it take to find a marker for breast cancer. Thanks!

Answer 1

Hello Boop,

 

If the said marker is a molecular marker then search on sciencedirect.com with key word, "breast cancer molecular marker" or "first breast cancer molecular". It would give you the list of all the articles on the topic and you may scan those to look for marker.

 

The other good source would be a review article on Breast cancer. The article in Trends journals from Elsevier are usually easy, brief and to-the-point.  You may look for journal like "Trends in Genetics" or Trends in Cancer Research"

 

Best,

 

 

Answer 2

It depends a bit on what your teacher/professor is looking for exactly. 

 

The very first tumor marker discovered was in 1846 by Henry Bence-Jones. However, others classify the first "identified" tumor marker by Yuri Semenovich Tatarinov in 1963. Starting from either year would give vastly different results. 

 

An unconfirmed source on Google, when inputting the exact question you asked, yielded an answer of "seven years," but I do not know where this number comes from.