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[Clinical Utility of Circulating Tumor DNA Analysis for Precision Medicine in Patients with Advanced Gastrointestinal Cancer].
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy - 1 Oct 2021
Nakamura Yoshiaki
Abstract excerpt
To implement cancer precision medicine based on genomic alterations, tumor tissue genomic profiling using next generation sequencing(NGS)has been reimbursed in 2019, resulting in simultaneous measurement of multiple biomarkers and genomic abnormalities in clinical practice in Japan. However, NGS analysis of tumor tissue has several limitations, including long turnaround time, and difficulty in capturing...
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