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[Application of Liquid Biopsy for Lung Cancer Treatment.]
Rinsho byori. The Japanese journal of clinical pathology - 1 May 2016
Mori Shunsuke, Yatabe Yasushi
Abstract excerpt
Liquid biopsy is defined as a non-invasive blood test that detects features of tumor cells, which are shed into the blood stream from the primary tumor and/or metastatic sites. This method is developing based on research on circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and the circulating free/fragments of tumor DNA (cfDNA). CfDNA can be detected in the absence of detectable CTCs, and has been shown to increase with the disease...
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