Liquid biopsies in bladder cancer-did we find the Holy Grail for biomarker analyses?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Urology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
² Department of Urology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

Editorial

Michael Rink et al. Transl Androl Urol. 2016 Dec.

. 2016 Dec;5(6):980-983.

doi: 10.21037/tau.2016.09.03.

¹ Department of Urology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
² Department of Urology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Genomic Alterations in Liquid Biopsies from Patients with Bladder Cancer.
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