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 …

Clinical metagenomics

CY Chiu, SA Miller - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2019 - nature.com
Clinical metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS), the comprehensive analysis of
microbial and host genetic material (DNA and RNA) in samples from patients, is rapidly …

[HTML][HTML] Non-invasive early detection of cancer four years before conventional diagnosis using a blood test

X Chen, J Gole, A Gore, Q He, M Lu, J Min… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Early detection has the potential to reduce cancer mortality, but an effective screening test
must demonstrate asymptomatic cancer detection years before conventional diagnosis in a …

Minimal residual disease detection using a plasma-only circulating tumor DNA assay in patients with colorectal cancer

AR Parikh, EE Van Seventer, G Siravegna… - Clinical Cancer …, 2021 - AACR
Purpose: Detection of persistent circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) after curative-intent surgery
can identify patients with minimal residual disease (MRD) who will ultimately recur. Most …

Circulating tumor DNA and liquid biopsy in oncology

DW Cescon, SV Bratman, SM Chan, LL Siu - Nature cancer, 2020 - nature.com
Techniques for analyzing circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) to detect, characterize and monitor
cancer have matured rapidly. An increasing body of clinical evidence is demonstrating the …

Comprehensive human cell-type methylation atlas reveals origins of circulating cell-free DNA in health and disease

J Moss, J Magenheim, D Neiman, H Zemmour… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Methylation patterns of circulating cell-free DNA (cfDNA) contain rich information about
recent cell death events in the body. Here, we present an approach for unbiased …

Sensitive tumour detection and classification using plasma cell-free DNA methylomes

SY Shen, R Singhania, G Fehringer, A Chakravarthy… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
The use of liquid biopsies for cancer detection and management is rapidly gaining
prominence. Current methods for the detection of circulating tumour DNA involve …

Analytical and clinical validation of a microbial cell-free DNA sequencing test for infectious disease

TA Blauwkamp, S Thair, MJ Rosen, L Blair… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Thousands of pathogens are known to infect humans, but only a fraction are readily
identifiable using current diagnostic methods. Microbial cell-free DNA sequencing offers the …

Evaluating the analytical validity of circulating tumor DNA sequencing assays for precision oncology

IW Deveson, B Gong, K Lai, JS LoCoco… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) sequencing is being rapidly adopted in precision oncology,
but the accuracy, sensitivity and reproducibility of ctDNA assays is poorly understood. Here …

[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 …