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. 2015 Mar;3(3):36.
doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2305-5839.2015.01.16.

Real-time liquid biopsies become a reality in cancer treatment

Niki Karachaliou  1 , Clara Mayo-de-Las-Casas  1 , Miguel Angel Molina-Vila  1 , Rafael Rosell  1
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Real-time liquid biopsies become a reality in cancer treatment

Niki Karachaliou et al. Ann Transl Med. 2015 Mar.
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Tumour-related circulating-free DNA, RNA or proteins are released by tumour cells and circulate in the blood of cancer patients. Assays using these molecules can be used for early tumour detection, monitoring or detection of resistance mutations.
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