Cell-free and extrachromosomal DNA profiling of small cell lung cancer

R Behrouzi, A Clipson, KL Simpson, F Blackhall… - Trends in molecular …, 2024 - cell.com
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is highly aggressive with poor prognosis. Despite a relative
prevalence of circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) in SCLC, liquid biopsies are not currently …

Mining nucleic acid “omics” to boost liquid biopsy in cancer

A Tivey, RJ Lee, A Clipson, SM Hill, P Lorigan… - Cell Reports …, 2024 - cell.com
Treatments for cancer patients are becoming increasingly complex, and there is a growing
desire from clinicians and patients for biomarkers that can account for this complexity to …

Applications of Nanopore sequencing in precision cancer medicine

SA Dyshlovoy, S Paigin, AK Afflerbach… - … Journal of Cancer, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Oxford Nanopore Technologies sequencing, also referred to as Nanopore
sequencing, stands at the forefront of a revolution in clinical genetics, offering the potential …

Cancer liquid biopsies by Oxford Nanopore Technologies sequencing of cell-free DNA: from basic research to clinical applications

HQ Si, P Wang, F Long, W Zhong, YD Meng, Y Rong… - Molecular Cancer, 2024 - Springer
Liquid biopsies, in particular, analysis of cell-free DNA, are expected to revolutionize the
current landscape of cancer diagnostics and treatment. However, the existing methods for …

Machine learning-based detection of bladder cancer by urine cfDNA fragmentation hotspots that capture cancer-associated molecular features

XY Meng, XH Zhou, S Li, MJ Shi, XH Li… - Clinical …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background cfDNA fragmentomics-based liquid biopsy is a potential option for noninvasive
bladder cancer (BLCA) detection that remains an unmet clinical need. Methods We …

Unlocking the potential of tumor‐derived DNA in urine for cancer detection: methodological challenges and opportunities

BMM Wever, RDM Steenbergen - Molecular Oncology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
High cancer mortality rates and the rising cancer burden worldwide drive the development of
innovative methods in order to advance cancer diagnostics. Urine contains a viable source …

[HTML][HTML] Advancing diagnosis and early risk assessment of preeclampsia through noninvasive cell-free DNA methylation profiling

M Baetens, B Van Gaever, S Deblaere… - Clinical …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Aberrant embryo implantation and suboptimal placentation can lead to (severe)
complications such as preeclampsia and fetal growth restriction later in pregnancy. Current …

From haystack to high precision: advanced sequencing methods to unraveling circulating tumor DNA mutations

TF Silva, JC Azevedo Jr, EB Teixeira… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Identifying mutations in cancer-associated genes to guide patient treatments is essential for
precision medicine. Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) offers valuable insights for early cancer …

The Application of Long-Read Sequencing to Cancer

L Ermini, P Driguez - Cancers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Cancer is a complex disease caused by a slew of genetic mutations
discovered through advances in sequencing technologies such as next-generation …

Nanopore sequencing from protozoa to phages: decoding biological information on a string of biochemical molecules into human-readable signals

B Hunter, T Cromwell, H Shim - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Biological information is encoded in a sequence of biochemical molecules such as nucleic
acids and amino acids, and nanopore sequencing is a long-read sequencing technology …