[HTML][HTML] Mutation detection using plasma circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in a cohort of asymptomatic adults at increased risk for cancer

A Kammesheidt, TR Tonozzi, SW Lim… - International journal of …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose: The primary purpose of this study was to clinically evaluate circulating tumor DNA
(ctDNA) with a nine gene, 96 mutation panel among subjects at increased risk for cancer …

Mutation detection with a liquid biopsy 96 mutation assay in cancer patients and healthy donors

A Chen, G Braunstein, M Anselmo… - Cancer …, 2017 - search.proquest.com
Aim: Detection of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) holds promise as an adjunct to traditional
cancer screening methods. To determine the sensitivity and specificity of ctDNA …

Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) is not a good proxy for liquid biopsies of tumor tissues for early detection

C Fiala, EP Diamandis - Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine …, 2020 - degruyter.com
The important conclusion that ctDNA is a mediocre proxy for liquid biopsies of tumor tissues
for early detection was reached after new data were published recently in Nature Genetics …

Content of circulating tumor DNA depends on the tumor type and the dynamics of tumor size, but is not influenced significantly by physical exercise, time of the day or …

ES Kuligina, R Meerovich, KA Zagorodnev… - Cancer Genetics, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose This study aimed to investigate factors, which influence the content of circulating
tumor DNA (ctDNA). Methods 398 serial plasma samples were collected within 1–7 …

[HTML][HTML] Utility of circulating tumor DNA in cancer diagnostics with emphasis on early detection

C Fiala, EP Diamandis - BMC medicine, 2018 - Springer
Various recent studies have focused on analyzing tumor genetic material released into the
blood stream, known as circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA). Herein, we describe current …

[HTML][HTML] Fragment enrichment of circulating tumor DNA with low-frequency mutations

X Liu, J Lang, S Li, Y Wang, L Peng, W Wang… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Human blood contains cell-free DNA (cfDNA), with circulating tumor-derived DNAs (ctDNAs)
widely used in cancer diagnosis and treatment. However, it is still difficult to efficiently and …

Blood-based tumor mutational burden from circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) across advanced solid malignancies using a commercially available liquid biopsy assay.

L Drusbosky, MA Bilen, G Azzi, PC Barata, PM Boland… - 2021 - ascopubs.org
3040 Background: Pembrolizumab was recently FDA approved across solid tumors for TMB
scores≥ 10mut/Mb as assessed by next-generation sequencing (NGS) of tissue (tTMB). A …

[HTML][HTML] Analytic validation of a clinical circulating tumor DNA assay for patients with solid tumors

PJ Stephens, T Clark, M Kennedy, J He… - Annals of …, 2016 - annalsofoncology.org
Background Several circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) profiling assays are commercially
available, and physicians must be empowered to identify assays with the high level of …

A prospective study of prognostic role of plasma circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in patients (pts) with early-stage malignancies.

M Fedyanin, U Boyarskikh, E Polyanskaya, V Aliev… - 2020 - ascopubs.org
3559 Background: Recently, conflicting evidence has emerged showing the association of
ctDNA level and cancer progression. The aim of our study was the development of a method …

[HTML][HTML] Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) as a pan-cancer screening test: is it finally on the horizon?

MJ Duffy, EP Diamandis, J Crown - Clinical Chemistry and …, 2021 - degruyter.com
The detection of cancer at an early stage while it is curable by surgical resection is widely
believed to be one of the most effective strategies for reducing cancer mortality. Hence, the …