Evaluation of exome sequencing to estimate tumor burden in plasma.

Accurate estimation of systemic tumor load from the blood of cancer patients has enormous potential. One avenue is to measure the presence of cell-free circulating tumor DNA in plasma. Various approaches have been investigated, predominantly covering hotspot mutations or customized, patient-specific...

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Main Authors: Daniel Klevebring, Mårten Neiman, Simon Sundling, Louise Eriksson, Eva Darai Ramqvist, Fuat Celebioglu, Kamila Czene, Per Hall, Lars Egevad, Henrik Grönberg, Johan Lindberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4136786?pdf=render