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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2020 Jun 12;29(12):2513–2523. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-20-0161

Figure 2. Components of Biomarker Studies.

Figure 2.

A) Various resources and areas of expertise are needed for successful biomarker projects in both the discovery and validation phases. B) The five phases of validating an early-detection biomarker are presented. C) The reference sets and comparative studies of the EDRN are valuable for determining which biomarkers should move from Phase II to Phase III. The flowchart shows the plan for the multi-laboratory studies of the EDRN.