Cancer Diagnosis: From Tumor to Liquid Biopsy and Beyond

Lab on a Chip ◽  
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramanathan Vaidyanathan ◽  
Ren Hao Soon ◽  
Pan Zhang ◽  
Kuan Jiang ◽  
Chwee Teck Lim

Technological advancements in research on circulating biomarkers from patient derived blood have enabled a less invasive means of diagnosing non-hematologic cancers. Considered a more practical way of real-time patient monitoring...

The Analyst ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 141 (2) ◽  
pp. 382-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyung-A Hyun ◽  
Junmoo Kim ◽  
Hogyeong Gwak ◽  
Hyo-Il Jung

A liquid biopsy is more practical for real-time monitoring of disease progression than tissue biopsy.


Cancers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 1794
Author(s):  
Alice Indini ◽  
Erika Rijavec ◽  
Francesco Grossi

Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) targeting the programmed cell death (PD)-1 protein and its ligand, PD-L1, and cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen (CTLA)-4, have revolutionized the management of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Unfortunately, only a small portion of NSCLC patients respond to these agents. Furthermore, although immunotherapy is usually well tolerated, some patients experience severe immune-related adverse events (irAEs). Liquid biopsy is a non-invasive diagnostic procedure involving the isolation of circulating biomarkers, such as circulating tumor cells (CTC), cell-free DNA (cfDNA), and microRNAs (miRNAs). Thanks to recent advances in technologies, such as next-generation sequencing (NGS) and digital polymerase chain reaction (dPCR), liquid biopsy has become a useful tool to provide baseline information on the tumor, and to monitor response to treatments. This review highlights the potential role of liquid biomarkers in the selection of NSCLC patients who could respond to immunotherapy, and in the identification of patients who are most likely to experience irAEs, in order to guide improvements in care.


2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. S801-S802
Author(s):  
M. García Pardo de Santayana ◽  
K. Czarnecka ◽  
T. Waddell ◽  
T. Stockley ◽  
J. Law ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoon-Tae Kang ◽  
Young Jun Kim ◽  
Brittany Rupp ◽  
Emma Purcell ◽  
Thomas Hadlock ◽  
...  

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