[HTML][HTML] Circulating tumor nucleic acids: biology, release mechanisms, and clinical relevance

P Stejskal, H Goodarzi, J Srovnal, M Hajdúch… - Molecular cancer, 2023 - Springer
Background Despite advances in early detection and therapies, cancer is still one of the
most common causes of death worldwide. Since each tumor is unique, there is a need to …

Extracellular vesicles in cancer—implications for future improvements in cancer care

R Xu, A Rai, M Chen, W Suwakulsiri… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2018 - nature.com
The sustained growth, invasion, and metastasis of cancer cells depend upon bidirectional
cell–cell communication within complex tissue environments. Such communication …

Liquid biopsy of methylation biomarkers in cell-free DNA

H Luo, W Wei, Z Ye, J Zheng, R Xu - Trends in molecular medicine, 2021 - cell.com
Liquid biopsies, in particular, analysis of cell-free DNA (cfDNA), have emerged as a
promising noninvasive diagnostic approach in oncology. Abnormal distribution of DNA …

Pre-metastatic niches: organ-specific homes for metastases

H Peinado, H Zhang, IR Matei, B Costa-Silva… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
It is well established that organs of future metastasis are not passive receivers of circulating
tumour cells, but are instead selectively and actively modified by the primary tumour before …

Liquid biopsy in breast cancer: A comprehensive review

S Alimirzaie, M Bagherzadeh, MR Akbari - Clinical genetics, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide. Due to its complexity in
nature, effective breast cancer treatment can encounter many challenges. Traditional …

[HTML][HTML] A framework for the development of effective anti-metastatic agents

RL Anderson, T Balasas, J Callaghan… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Most cancer-related deaths are a result of metastasis, and thus the importance of this
process as a target of therapy cannot be understated. By asking 'how can we effectively treat …

Current detection technologies for circulating tumor cells

Z Shen, A Wu, X Chen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are cancer cells that circulate in the blood stream after being
naturally shed from original or metastatic tumors, and can lead to a new fatal metastasis …

[HTML][HTML] High-throughput screening identified selective inhibitors of exosome biogenesis and secretion: A drug repurposing strategy for advanced cancer

A Datta, H Kim, L McGee, AE Johnson, S Talwar… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Targeting exosome biogenesis and release may have potential clinical implications for
cancer therapy. Herein, we have optimized a quantitative high throughput screen (qHTS) …

Profiling circulating tumour cells and other biomarkers of invasive cancers

M Poudineh, EH Sargent, K Pantel… - Nature Biomedical …, 2018 - nature.com
During cancer progression, many tumours shed circulating tumour cells (CTCs) and other
biomarkers into the bloodstream. The analysis of CTCs offers the prospect of collecting a …

Circulating tumor DNA as biomarkers for cancer detection

X Han, J Wang, Y Sun - Genomics, Proteomics and …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Detection of circulating tumor DNAs (ctDNAs) in cancer patients is an important component
of cancer precision medicine ctDNAs. Compared to the traditional physical and biochemical …