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Field-effect-informed urine liquid biopsy for bladder cancer.
Cell - 19 Feb 2026
Shi William Y, Liu Kevin J, Esfahani Mohammad S, Mach Kathleen E, Phillips Nick A, Almanza Diego, Bajpai Ravi K, Schroers-Martin Joseph G, Trabanino Ludimila, Lee Timothy J, La Vinh, Rodriguez Gabriela, Holton Grace, Chen Simon B, Mullane Patrick, Wu Douglas J, Nesselbush Monica C, Sugio Takeshi, Cheng Jordan C, Jabara Isabel, Hamilton Emily G, Alig Stefan K, Liu Chih-Long, Peterson Dylan J, Prado Kris, Shkolyar Eugene, Thong Alan, Shah Jay B, Gill Harcharan, Kunder Christian A, Chan Emily, Khaki Ali Raza, Skinner Eila C, Alizadeh Ash A, Liao Joseph C, Diehn Maximilian
Abstract excerpt
Only some non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) patients benefit from intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), and predictive biomarkers remain lacking. While urine tumor DNA (utDNA) analysis is promising, mutations in tumor-adjacent normal urothelium, namely the field effect, limit specificity. Here, we show that the prevalence of somatic mutations in the urine increases with age. We introduce an...
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