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‹ Thu · 14 May 2026
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Liquid Biopsy in Advanced Prostate Cancer

Blood tests identify cancer-driving gene mutations in advanced prostate cancer, guiding precision therapies, though distinguishing true mutations from blood cell noise remains challenging.

This review summarizes the current landscape of liquid biopsy in advanced prostate cancer, emphasizing the clinical utility of ctDNA for actionable mutation detection (BRCA1/2, ATM) guiding PARP inhibitor therapy and emerging approaches including fragmentomics and methylation profiling for improved specificity. The authors highlight clonal hematopoiesis as an underappreciated source of false-positive cfDNA findings requiring awareness in clinical practice.

What the study was

Study design
Narrative review
Population
Advanced prostate cancer patients
Category
Diagnostics
Maturity
Exploratory
Journal
Cancers (Basel)

Why it surfaced

Practical review of a high-volume clinical topic; clonal hematopoiesis confounder discussion adds clinical value.

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