Next-generation sequencing in liquid biopsy: cancer screening and early detection

Abstract In recent years, the rapid development of next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies has led to a significant reduction in sequencing cost with improved accuracy. In the area of liquid biopsy, NGS has been applied to sequence circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA). Since ctDNA is the DNA fragment...

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Main Authors: Ming Chen, Hongyu Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-08-01
Series:Human Genomics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40246-019-0220-8