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Circulating cell-free DNA mutation patterns in early and late stage colon and pancreatic cancer.
Cancer genetics - 1 Dec 2017
Vietsch Eveline E, Graham Garrett T, McCutcheon Justine N, Javaid Aamir, Giaccone Giuseppe, Marshall John L, Wellstein Anton
Abstract excerpt
Cancer is a heterogeneous disease harboring diverse subclonal populations that can be discriminated by their DNA mutations. Environmental pressure selects subclones that ultimately drive disease progression and tumor relapse. Circulating cell-free DNA (ccfDNA) can be used to approximate the mutational makeup of cancer lesions and can serve as a marker for monitoring disease progression at the molecular level...
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