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A Study of Hypermethylated Circulating Tumor

A Study of Hypermethylated Circulating Tumor

Clinical Chemistry Podcast · Association for Diagnostics and Laboratory Medicine

September 26, 20168m 42s

Show Notes

Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) has emerged as a good candidate for tracking tumor dynamics in different cancer types, potentially avoiding repeated tumor biopsies. Many different genes can be mutated within a tumor, complicating procedures for tumor monitoring, even with highly sensitive next-generation sequencing (NGS) strategies.