Current and future perspectives of liquid biopsies in genomics-driven oncology

E Heitzer, IS Haque, CES Roberts… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Precision oncology seeks to leverage molecular information about cancer to improve patient
outcomes. Tissue biopsy samples are widely used to characterize tumours but are limited by …

[HTML][HTML] DNA methylation cancer biomarkers: translation to the clinic

WJ Locke, D Guanzon, C Ma, YJ Liew… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Carcinogenesis is accompanied by widespread DNA methylation changes within the cell.
These changes are characterized by a globally hypomethylated genome with focal …

[HTML][HTML] Next-generation sequencing in liquid biopsy: cancer screening and early detection

M Chen, H Zhao - Human genomics, 2019 - Springer
In recent years, the rapid development of next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies
has led to a significant reduction in sequencing cost with improved accuracy. In the area of …

[HTML][HTML] The emerging role of cell-free DNA as a molecular marker for cancer management

AJ Bronkhorst, V Ungerer, S Holdenrieder - Biomolecular detection and …, 2019 - Elsevier
An increasing number of studies demonstrate the potential use of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) as a
surrogate marker for multiple indications in cancer, including diagnosis, prognosis, and …

[HTML][HTML] Toward the early detection of cancer by decoding the epigenetic and environmental fingerprints of cell-free DNA

Y Van Der Pol, F Mouliere - Cancer cell, 2019 - cell.com
Widespread adaptation of liquid biopsy for the early detection of cancer has yet to reach
clinical utility. Circulating tumor DNA is commonly detected though the presence of genetic …

Liquid biopsy: general concepts

G Poulet, J Massias, V Taly - Acta cytologica, 2019 - karger.com
Liquid biopsy provides the opportunity of detecting, analyzing and monitoring cancer in
various body effluents such as blood or urine instead of a fragment of cancer tissue. It is …

Circulating nucleic acids are associated with outcomes of patients with pancreatic cancer

V Bernard, DU Kim, FA San Lucas, J Castillo… - Gastroenterology, 2019 - Elsevier
Background & Aims We aimed to investigate the clinical utility of circulating tumor cell DNA
(ctDNA) and exosome DNA (exoDNA) in pancreatic cancer. Methods We collected liquid …

Serial circulating tumour DNA analysis during multimodality treatment of locally advanced rectal cancer: a prospective biomarker study

J Tie, JD Cohen, Y Wang, L Li, M Christie, K Simons… - Gut, 2019 - gut.bmj.com
Objective For patients with locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC), adjuvant chemotherapy
selection following surgery remains a major clinical dilemma. Here, we investigated the …

Defining and predicting early recurrence in 957 patients with resected pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

VP Groot, G Gemenetzis, AB Blair… - Annals of …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: To establish an evidence-based cut-off to differentiate between early and late
recurrence and to compare clinicopathologic risk factors between the two groups. Summary …

[HTML][HTML] Current and future trends on diagnosis and prognosis of glioblastoma: from molecular biology to proteomics

AS Silantyev, L Falzone, M Libra, OI Gurina… - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Glioblastoma multiforme is the most aggressive malignant tumor of the central nervous
system. Due to the absence of effective pharmacological and surgical treatments, the …