Circulating tumour cells for early detection of clinically relevant cancer

R Lawrence, M Watters, CR Davies, K Pantel… - Nature Reviews Clinical …, 2023 - nature.com
Given that cancer mortality is usually a result of late diagnosis, efforts in the field of early
detection are paramount to reducing cancer-related deaths and improving patient outcomes …

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 …

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 …

Bridging biological cfDNA features and machine learning approaches

T Moser, S Kühberger, I Lazzeri, G Vlachos, E Heitzer - Trends in Genetics, 2023 - cell.com
Liquid biopsies (LBs), particularly using circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA), are expected to
revolutionize precision oncology and blood-based cancer screening. Recent technological …

Precision medicine in non-small cell lung cancer: Current applications and future directions

SR Yang, AM Schultheis, H Yu, D Mandelker… - Seminars in cancer …, 2022 - Elsevier
Advances in biomarkers, targeted therapies, and immuno-oncology have transformed the
clinical management of patients with advanced NSCLC. For oncogene-driven tumors, there …

Urine DNA methylation assay enables early detection and recurrence monitoring for bladder cancer

X Chen, J Zhang, W Ruan, M Huang… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Am Soc Clin Investig
BACKGROUND Current methods for the detection and surveillance of bladder cancer (BCa)
are often invasive and/or possess suboptimal sensitivity and specificity, especially in early …

Liquid biopsies based on DNA methylation as biomarkers for the detection and prognosis of lung cancer

P Li, S Liu, L Du, G Mohseni, Y Zhang, C Wang - Clinical epigenetics, 2022 - Springer
Lung cancer (LC) is the main cause of cancer-related mortality. Most LC patients are
diagnosed in an advanced stage when the symptoms are obvious, and the prognosis is …

Potential clinical utility of liquid biopsy in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer

H Shen, Y Jin, H Zhao, M Wu, K Zhang, Z Wei, X Wang… - BMC medicine, 2022 - Springer
Background Liquid biopsy has been widely researched for early diagnosis, prognostication
and disease monitoring in lung cancer, but there is a need to investigate its clinical utility for …

Accurate classification of pulmonary nodules by a combined model of clinical, imaging, and cell-free DNA methylation biomarkers: a model development and external …

J He, B Wang, J Tao, Q Liu, M Peng, S Xiong… - The Lancet Digital …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background There is an unmet clinical need for accurate non-invasive tests to facilitate the
early diagnosis of lung cancer. We propose a combined model of clinical, imaging, and cell …

[HTML][HTML] Methylation biomarkers for early cancer detection and diagnosis: Current and future perspectives

J Ibrahim, M Peeters, G Van Camp… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The increase in recent scientific studies on cancer biomarkers has brought great new
insights into the field. Moreover, novel technological breakthroughs such as long read …