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Post surgery circulating free tumor DNA is a predictive biomarker for relapse of lung cancer.
Cancer medicine - 1 May 2017
Hu Wenwei, Yang Yang, Zhang Longzhen, Yin Jianxin, Huang Jingwei, Huang Lei, Gu Hua, Jiang Gening, Fang Jianmin
Abstract excerpt
Cancer cells release DNA fragments into plasma as circulating free DNA (cfDNA). However, quantitative measurement of tumor-derived DNA in cfDNA remains challenge. The purpose of this study was to quantitatively assess tumor-derived DNA in lung cancer patients. By optimizing competitive allele-specific TaqMan PCR (CAST-PCR), we assessed the copy number of mutated Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog (KRAS)...
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