MeSH Browser

MeSH Heading: Biomarkers, Tumor
Tree Number(s): D23.101.140
Unique ID: D014408
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014408
Annotation: For clinical or diagnostic use only, or as general topic; NEOPLASM PROTEINS and ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM are also available
Scope Note: Molecular products metabolized and secreted by neoplastic tissue and characterized biochemically in cells or BODY FLUIDS. They are indicators of tumor stage and grade as well as useful for monitoring responses to treatment and predicting recurrence. Many chemical groups are represented including HORMONES; ANTIGENS; amino and NUCLEIC ACIDS; ENZYMES; POLYAMINES; and specific CELL MEMBRANE PROTEINS and LIPIDS.
Entry Term(s): Biochemical Tumor Marker; Biochemical Tumor Markers; Biological Tumor Marker; Biological Tumor Markers; Biomarkers, Cancer; Cancer Biomarker; Carcinogen Markers; Marker, Biochemical Tumor; Marker, Biologic Tumor; Marker, Biological Tumor; Marker, Neoplasm Metabolite; Marker, Tumor Metabolite; Markers, Biochemical Tumor; Markers, Biological Tumor; Markers, Neoplasm Metabolite; Markers, Tumor; Markers, Tumor Metabolite; Metabolite Markers, Neoplasm; Metabolite Markers, Tumor; Neoplasm Metabolite Markers; Tumor Biomarker; Tumor Marker; Tumor Markers, Biochemical; Tumor Markers, Biologic; Tumor Markers, Biological; Tumor Metabolite Marker
Registry Numbers: 0
NLM Classification #: QZ 241
Public MeSH Note: 2016; See TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL 1988-2015
History Note: 2016(1988)
Date Introduced: 1988/01/01
Last Updated: 2026/01/01

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

deficiency (DF)

economics (EC)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

physiology (PH)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Biological Factors [D23]
- Biomarkers [D23.101]

Biomarkers, Tumor Preferred

Concept UI: M0022149
Registry Numbers: 0
Scope Note: Molecular products metabolized and secreted by neoplastic tissue and characterized biochemically in cells or BODY FLUIDS. They are indicators of tumor stage and grade as well as useful for monitoring responses to treatment and predicting recurrence. Many chemical groups are represented including HORMONES; ANTIGENS; amino and NUCLEIC ACIDS; ENZYMES; POLYAMINES; and specific CELL MEMBRANE PROTEINS and LIPIDS.
Terms: Biomarkers, Tumor Preferred Term
Term UI T000882145
Date06/19/2015
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2016); Biochemical Tumor Marker
Term UI T000996599
Date11/15/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Biochemical Tumor Markers
Term UI T042130
Date05/15/1987
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Biological Tumor Marker
Term UI T042141
Date01/28/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Biological Tumor Markers
Term UI T042139
Date09/01/1989
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1990); Carcinogen Markers
Term UI T042134
Date03/27/1987
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Marker, Biochemical Tumor
Term UI T042132
Date02/02/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Marker, Biologic Tumor
Term UI T042149
Date01/28/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Marker, Biological Tumor
Term UI T042142
Date02/02/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Marker, Neoplasm Metabolite
Term UI T042137
Date02/02/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Marker, Tumor Metabolite
Term UI T042146
Date02/02/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Markers, Biochemical Tumor
Term UI T042131
Date08/28/1992
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Markers, Biological Tumor
Term UI T042140
Date08/28/1992
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Markers, Neoplasm Metabolite
Term UI T042135
Date08/28/1992
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Markers, Tumor Metabolite
Term UI T042144
Date08/28/1992
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Metabolite Markers, Neoplasm
Term UI T042138
Date03/27/1987
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Metabolite Markers, Tumor
Term UI T042145
Date05/15/1987
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Neoplasm Metabolite Markers
Term UI T042136
Date08/28/1992
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Tumor Biomarker
Term UI T000996598
Date11/15/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Tumor Markers, Biochemical
Term UI T042133
Date03/27/1987
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Tumor Markers, Biologic
Term UI T042148
Date03/27/1987
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Tumor Markers, Biological
Term UI T042143
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1988); Tumor Metabolite Marker
Term UI T042147
Date02/02/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994)

Markers, Tumor Broader

Concept UI: M0022148
Registry Numbers: 0
Terms: Markers, Tumor Preferred Term
Term UI T042129
Date06/07/1988
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Biomarkers, Cancer
Term UI T000866999
Date09/22/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2016); Cancer Biomarker
Term UI T000999616
Date11/26/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Tumor Marker
Term UI T000999615
Date11/26/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021)

Biomarkers, Tumor MeSH Descriptor Data 2026