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Comment
. 2019 Aug 16;17(1):159.
doi: 10.1186/s12916-019-1400-z.

New approaches for detecting cancer with circulating cell-free DNA

Clare Fiala  1 , Eleftherios P Diamandis  2   3   4
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New approaches for detecting cancer with circulating cell-free DNA

Clare Fiala et al. BMC Med. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Artificial intelligence; Cancer screening; Cell-free DNA; DNA fragmentation patterns; Early cancer diagnosis.

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EPD has an advisory role at Abbott Diagnostics. CF declares that she has no competing interests.

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  • Genome-wide cell-free DNA fragmentation in patients with cancer.
    Cristiano S, Leal A, Phallen J, Fiksel J, Adleff V, Bruhm DC, Jensen SØ, Medina JE, Hruban C, White JR, Palsgrove DN, Niknafs N, Anagnostou V, Forde P, Naidoo J, Marrone K, Brahmer J, Woodward BD, Husain H, van Rooijen KL, Ørntoft MW, Madsen AH, van de Velde CJH, Verheij M, Cats A, Punt CJA, Vink GR, van Grieken NCT, Koopman M, Fijneman RJA, Johansen JS, Nielsen HJ, Meijer GA, Andersen CL, Scharpf RB, Velculescu VE. Cristiano S, et al. Nature. 2019 Jun;570(7761):385-389. doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1272-6. Epub 2019 May 29. Nature. 2019. PMID: 31142840 Free PMC article.

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