Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2022 May 23:103725. Epub 2022 May 23.
Department of Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, West Hollywood, CA, 90048, USA; Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, West Hollywood, CA, 90048, USA; Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, West Hollywood, CA, 90048, USA.
Liquid biopsy probes DNA, RNA, and proteins in body fluids for cancer detection and is one of the most rapidly developing areas in oncology. Tumor-derived DNA (circulating tumor DNA, ctDNA) in the context of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in blood has been the main target for its potential utilities in cancer detection. Liquid biopsy can report tumor burden in real-time without invasive interventions, and would be feasible for screening tumor types that lack standard-of-care screening approaches. Read More