Cell-free DNA: hope and potential application in cancer

Y Yan, Q Guo, F Wang, R Adhikari, Z Zhu… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) is easily accessible in peripheral blood and can be used as
biomarkers for cancer diagnostics, prognostics, and therapeutics. The applications of cfDNA …

Cell-free DNA (cfDNA): clinical significance and utility in cancer shaped by emerging technologies

S Volik, M Alcaide, RD Morin, C Collins - Molecular Cancer Research, 2016 - AACR
Precision oncology is predicated upon the ability to detect specific actionable genomic
alterations and to monitor their adaptive evolution during treatment to counter resistance …

Cell-free DNA: applications in different diseases

R Ranucci - Cell-free DNA as Diagnostic Markers: Methods and …, 2019 - Springer
Since its discovery in human blood plasma about 70 years ago, circulating cell-free DNA
(cfDNA) has become an attractive subject of research as noninvasive disease biomarker …

Circulating cell-free DNA for non-invasive cancer management

CM Stewart, DWY Tsui - Cancer Genetics, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights•Cell-free nucleic acids in body fluids contain tumour fragments that can be
profiled for prognostic and diagnostic information for the management of cancer.•cfDNA …

[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 …

Limitations and opportunities of technologies for the analysis of cell-free DNA in cancer diagnostics

P Song, LR Wu, YH Yan, JX Zhang, T Chu… - Nature biomedical …, 2022 - nature.com
Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in the circulating blood plasma of patients with cancer contains
tumour-derived DNA sequences that can serve as biomarkers for guiding therapy, for the …

Cell-free DNA in the blood as a solid tumor biomarker—a critical appraisal of the literature

K Jung, M Fleischhacker, A Rabien - Clinica chimica acta, 2010 - Elsevier
Circulating cell-free DNA (cfDNA) has been suggested as a cancer biomarker. Several
studies assessed the usefulness of quantitative and qualitative tumor-specific alterations of …

Efficacy of cell-free DNA as a diagnostic biomarker in breast cancer patients

I Khurram, MU Khan, S Ibrahim, A Saleem, Z Khan… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Breast cancer is the most prevalent and leading cause of mortality worldwide among
women. Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) analysis is an alternative quantitative approach to …

Optimizing the yield and utility of circulating cell-free DNA from plasma and serum

X Xue, MD Teare, I Holen, YM Zhu, PJ Woll - Clinica chimica acta, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Cell-free DNA (CFDNA) in the plasma/serum of patients with cancer
demonstrates tumour-associated genetic alterations, offering possibilities for diagnosis …

Non-blood sources of cell-free DNA for cancer molecular profiling in clinical pathology and oncology

G Ponti, M Manfredini, A Tomasi - Critical reviews in oncology/hematology, 2019 - Elsevier
Liquid biopsy can quantify and qualify cell-free (cfDNA) and tumour-derived (ctDNA) DNA
fragments in the bloodstream. CfDNA quantification and mutation analysis can be applied to …