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Realizing the potential of plasma genotyping in an age of genotype-directed therapies.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute - 1 Aug 2014
Luke Jason J, Oxnard Geoffrey R, Paweletz Cloud P, Camidge D Ross, Heymach John V, Solit David B, Johnson Bruce E
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The identification of oncogenic driver mutations in cancer has led to the rapid rise of genotype-directed treatments such as EGFR and BRAF kinase inhibitors. Standard tumor biopsy remains a cumbersome and morbid procedure for patients, leading to a growing interest in noninvasive plasma genotyping approaches. Circulating tumor cells are of interest; however, the processing of specimens is complicated and time...
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