RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Blood Test Catches Cancers That Shed Little DNA
JF Cancer Discovery
JO Cancer Discov
FD American Association for Cancer Research
DO 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-NB2020-068
YR 2020
UL http://cancerdiscovery.aacrjournals.org/content/early/2020/07/14/2159-8290.CD-NB2020-068.abstract
AB A new liquid biopsy test can accurately detect aberrant cancer-associated methylation patterns from minute amounts of DNA shed into the bloodstream. Although prospective validation is still needed, two studies highlight the assay's potential to noninvasively classify brain and kidney tumors.