High fragmentation characterizes tumour-derived circulating DNA.

BACKGROUND: Circulating DNA (ctDNA) is acknowledged as a potential diagnostic tool for various cancers including colorectal cancer, especially when considering the detection of mutations. Certainly due to lack of normalization of the experimental conditions, previous reports present many discrepanci...

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Main Authors: Florent Mouliere, Bruno Robert, Erika Arnau Peyrotte, Maguy Del Rio, Marc Ychou, Franck Molina, Celine Gongora, Alain R Thierry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3167805?pdf=render