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Dr. Feldman on Challenges Facing the Development of Biomarkers for Prostate Cancer

Adam Scott Feldman, MD, MPH, urologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, assistant professor of surgery, Harvard Medical School, discusses challenges facing the development of biomarkers for patients with prostate cancer.

Adam Scott Feldman, MD, MPH, urologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, assistant professor of surgery, Harvard Medical School, discusses challenges facing the development of biomarkers for patients with prostate cancer.

An important challenge facing the development of biomarkers is the potential of false positives, explains Feldman. Additionally, since there are so much data being investigated, it takes time to go through each data set, states Feldman.

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