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Circulating tumor DNA in lung cancer: real-time monitoring of disease evolution and treatment response.
Chinese medical journal - 20 Oct 2020
Li Rui-Yu, Liang Zhi-Yong
Abstract excerpt
Lung cancer is one of the leading causes of all cancer-related deaths. Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) is released from apoptotic and necrotic tumor cells. Several sensitive techniques have been invented and adapted to quantify ctDNA genomic alterations. Applications of ctDNA in lung cancer include early diagnosis and detection, prognosis prediction, detecting mutations and structural alterations, minimal residual...
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