Circulating cell-free DNA and circulating tumor cells, the “liquid biopsies” in ovarian cancer

Abstract Limited understanding of ovarian cancer (OC) genome portrait has hindered the therapeutic advances. The serial monitoring of tumor genotypes is becoming increasingly attainable with circulating cell-free DNA (cf-DNA) and circulating tumor cells (CTCs) emerging as “liquid biopsies”. They rep...

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Main Authors: Xianliang Cheng, Lei Zhang, Yajuan Chen, Chen Qing
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:Journal of Ovarian Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13048-017-0369-5