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A liquid biopsy platform for detecting gene-gene fusions as glioma diagnostic biomarkers and drug targets
2020-02-26
Abstract excerpt
Gliomas account for about 80% of all malignant brain tumours. Diagnosis is achieved by radiographic imaging followed by tumour resection, to determine tumour cell type, grade and molecular characteristics. Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common type of glioma, and is uniformly fatal. The median survival of treated GBM patients is 12-15 months. Standard modalities of therapy are unselective and include su...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 77540b97-d540-5b5c-a2c0-16a89ef36012
- DOI
- 10.1101/2020.02.25.963975
