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Use of liquid biopsies to monitor disease progression in a sarcoma patient: a case report.
BMC cancer - 6 Jan 2017
Namløs Heidi M, Zaikova Olga, Bjerkehagen Bodil, Vodák Daniel, Hovig Eivind, Myklebost Ola, Boye Kjetil, Meza-Zepeda Leonardo A
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BACKGROUND: Many patients experience local recurrence or metastases after receiving potentially curative treatment, and early detection of these events is important for disease control. Recent technological advances make it possible to use blood plasma containing circulating cell-free tumour DNA (ctDNA) as a liquid biopsy. In this case report we show how serial liquid biopsies can be used to monitor the disease...
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