Emerging concepts in liquid biopsies

Abstract Characterizing and monitoring tumor genomes with blood samples could achieve significant improvements in precision medicine. As tumors shed parts of themselves into the circulation, analyses of circulating tumor cells, circulating tumor DNA, and tumor-derived exosomes, often referred to as...

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Main Authors: Samantha Perakis, Michael R. Speicher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-04-01
Series:BMC Medicine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-017-0840-6