Dr Jose Jasper Andal presents his talk at Choosing Wisely Philippines 2023 about choosing the right serum and molecular biomarkers in the Philippines.
He outlines key topics including a review of the current landscape of molecular biomarkers with an emphasis on cancer screening and diagnosis, a discussion of current blood-based cancer biomarkers and also highlights the specific roles of blood-based tumour biomarkers.
Dr Andal concludes by emphasising that financial toxicity is an important factor to be considered before conducting biomarker tests in resource limited settings such as the Philippines.