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Circulating Tumor DNA: A Promising Biomarker for Predicting Recurrence in Patients with BRAF-Negative Melanoma.
The Journal of molecular diagnostics : JMD - 1 Oct 2023
Aoude Lauren G, Brosda Sandra, Ng Jessica, Lonie James M, Belle Clemence J, Patel Kalpana, Koufariotis Lambros T, Wood Scott, Atkinson Victoria, Smithers B Mark, Pearson John V, Waddell Nicola, Barbour Andrew P, Bonazzi Vanessa F
Abstract excerpt
For patients with BRAF wild-type stage III and IV melanoma, there is an urgent clinical need to identify prognostic biomarkers and biomarkers predictive of treatment response. Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) is emerging as a blood-based biomarker and has shown promising results for many cancers, including melanoma. The purpose of this study was to identify targetable, tumor-derived mutations in patient blood that...
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