[HTML][HTML] Cell-free DNA approaches for cancer early detection and interception

JE Medina, NC Dracopoli, PB Bach, A Lau… - … for immunotherapy of …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rapid advancements in the area of early cancer detection have brought us closer to
achieving the goals of finding cancer early enough to treat or cure it, while avoiding harms of …

New regulatory thinking is needed for AI-based personalised drug and cell therapies in precision oncology

B Derraz, G Breda, C Kaempf, F Baenke… - NPJ Precision …, 2024 - nature.com
Until recently the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in precision oncology was confined
to activities in drug development and had limited impact on the personalisation of therapy …

Blood-based tests for multicancer early detection (PATHFINDER): a prospective cohort study

D Schrag, TM Beer, CH McDonnell, L Nadauld… - The Lancet, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Multicancer early detection (MCED) blood tests can detect a cancer signal from
circulating cell-free DNA (cfDNA). PATHFINDER was a prospective cohort study …

A spectroscopic liquid biopsy for the earlier detection of multiple cancer types

JM Cameron, A Sala, G Antoniou, PM Brennan… - British Journal of …, 2023 - nature.com
Background A rapid, low-cost blood test that can be applied to reliably detect multiple
different cancer types would be transformational. Methods In this large-scale discovery study …

Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA): can it be used as a pan-cancer early detection test?

MJ Duffy, J Crown - Critical reviews in clinical laboratory sciences, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA, DNA shed by cancer cells) is emerging as one of
the most transformative cancer biomarkers discovered to-date. Although potentially useful at …

The presenting symptom signatures of incident cancer: evidence from the English 2018 National Cancer Diagnosis Audit

N Zakkak, ME Barclay, R Swann, S McPhail… - British Journal of …, 2024 - nature.com
Background Understanding relationships between presenting symptoms and subsequently
diagnosed cancers can inform symptom awareness campaigns and investigation strategies …

Protein biomarkers and alternatively methylated cell-free DNA detect early stage pancreatic cancer

R Ben-Ami, QL Wang, J Zhang, JG Supplee… - Gut, 2024 - gut.bmj.com
Objective Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is commonly diagnosed at an
advanced stage. Liquid biopsy approaches may facilitate detection of early stage PDAC …

Molecular analysis for ovarian cancer detection in patient-friendly samples

BMM Wever, M Schaafsma, MCG Bleeker… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Background High ovarian cancer mortality rates motivate the development of effective and
patient-friendly diagnostics. Here, we explored the potential of molecular testing in patient …

Incidental detection of FGFR3 fusion via liquid biopsy leading to earlier diagnosis of urothelial carcinoma

Q Huang, I Mitsiades, H Dowst… - NPJ Precision …, 2023 - nature.com
The rising utilization of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) assays in Precision Oncology may
incidentally detect genetic material from secondary sources. It is important that such findings …

Performance of the WID-qEC test versus sonography to detect uterine cancers in women with abnormal uterine bleeding (EPI-SURE): a prospective, consecutive …

I Evans, D Reisel, A Jones, A Bajrami, S Nijjar… - The Lancet …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background To detect uterine cancer, simpler and more specific index tests are needed to
triage women with abnormal uterine bleeding to a reference histology test. We aimed to …