The liquid biopsy for lung cancer: state of the art, limitations and future developments

D Di Capua, D Bracken-Clarke, K Ronan, AM Baird… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary During the development and progression of lung tumors, processes such
as necrosis and vascular invasion shed tumor cells or cellular components into various fluid …

The dawn of the liquid biopsy in the fight against cancer

IG Domínguez-Vigil, AK Moreno-Martínez… - …, 2017 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cancer is a molecular disease associated with alterations in the genome, which, thanks to
the highly improved sensitivity of mutation detection techniques, can be identified in cell-free …

Guide to detecting epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations in ctDNA of patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer

N Normanno, MG Denis, KS Thress, M Ratcliffe… - …, 2016 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cancer treatment is evolving towards therapies targeted at specific molecular abnormalities
that drive tumor growth. Consequently, to determine which patients are eligible, accurate …

Advances in circulating tumor DNA analysis

S Perakis, M Auer, J Belic, E Heitzer - Advances in clinical chemistry, 2017 - Elsevier
The analysis of cell-free circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) is a very promising tool and might
revolutionize cancer care with respect to early detection, identification of minimal residual …

Circulating cell free tumor DNA detection as a routine tool for lung cancer patient management

JA Vendrell, FT Mau-Them, B Béganton… - International journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Circulating tumoral DNA (ctDNA), commonly named “liquid biopsy”, has emerged as a new
promising noninvasive tool to detect biomarker in several cancers including lung cancer …

[HTML][HTML] Neoadjuvant Crizotinib in Resectable Locally Advanced Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer with ALKáRearrangement

C Zhang, S Li, Q Nie, S Dong, Y Shao, X Yang… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Locally advanced NSCLC is one of the most heterogeneous conditions, with
multidimensional treatments involved. Neoadjuvant therapy had been commonly considered …

[HTML][HTML] Measuring KRAS mutations in circulating tumor DNA by droplet digital PCR and next-generation sequencing

C Demuth, KLG Spindler, JS Johansen… - Translational …, 2018 - Elsevier
Measuring total cell-free DNA (cfDNA) or cancer-specific mutations herein has presented as
new tools in aiding the treatment of cancer patients. Studies show that total cfDNA bears …

Clinical utility of circulating tumor DNA as a response and follow-up marker in cancer therapy

PA Boonstra, TT Wind, M van Kruchten… - Cancer and Metastasis …, 2020 - Springer
Response evaluation for cancer treatment consists primarily of clinical and radiological
assessments. In addition, a limited number of serum biomarkers that assess treatment …

The interplay of circulating tumor DNA and chromatin modification, therapeutic resistance, and metastasis

L Zhang, Y Liang, S Li, F Zeng, Y Meng, Z Chen, S Liu… - Molecular cancer, 2019 - Springer
Peripheral circulating free DNA (cfDNA) is DNA that is detected in plasma or serum fluid with
a cell-free status. For cancer patients, cfDNA not only originates from apoptotic cells but also …

Prospective study of the efficacy and utility of TP53 mutations in circulating tumor DNA as a non-invasive biomarker of treatment response monitoring in patients with …

YM Kim, SW Lee, YJ Lee, HY Lee… - Journal of …, 2019 - synapse.koreamed.org
Objective Somatic TP53 mutation (TP53 mut) is a characteristic finding in high-grade serous
ovarian cancer (HGSOC). The aim of this study was to assess the clinical efficacy and utility …