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Cancer DNA in the Circulation

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: This JAMA Insights article explains cell-free circulating tumor DNA and its utility in noninvasive cancer detection and characterization, prediction of treatment response, monitoring of disease relapse, and identification of mechanisms of resistance to targeted therapies.

Source: JAMA

DOI: 10.1001/jama.2017.12131

Authors: Hatim Husain, Victor E. Velculescu

Institutions: University of California San Diego, Moores Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center

Language: English

Topic: Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics

Subfield: Cancer Research

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute