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Tumor mutation burden in blood predicts benefit from neoadjuvant chemo/radiotherapy in locally advanced rectal cancer.
Genomics - 1 Jan 2021
Ji Dengbo, Zhang Dakui, Zhan Tiancheng, Jia Jinying, Han Wenbo, Li Zhaowei, Li Ming, Song Can, Wang Jianfei, Gu Jin
Abstract excerpt
Distant metastasis has been the major concern of prognosis in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC). The purpose of this study was to investigate the prognostic value of TMB in blood (bTMB) in LARC patients after receiving neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT) and surgery. Using targeted ctDNA sequencing, we revealed that bTMB level at baseline was positively correlated with recurrence-free survival...
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