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‹ Thu · 21 May 2026
Promising but preliminary

Tumor-Platelet Crosstalk in Cancer: Mechanisms, Thrombotic Risk, and Translational Opportunities

Blood platelets contain cancer-related RNA signals that may complement existing liquid biopsies for earlier cancer detection and monitoring alongside current blood tests.

This review synthesizes the bidirectional crosstalk between tumors and platelets, covering immune evasion, metastatic facilitation, and cancer-associated thrombosis mechanisms, with emerging platelet liquid biopsy and antiplatelet therapeutic angles. Platelet RNA profiling for cancer detection and classification represents a novel liquid biopsy modality complementary to ctDNA approaches.

What the study was

Study design
Narrative review
Population
N/A (review of tumor-platelet biology and cancer-associated thrombosis)
Category
Early Detection
Maturity
Exploratory
Journal
Blood Advances

Why it surfaced

Blood Advances review; NYU group; novel liquid biopsy angle (platelet RNA) complementary to ctDNA; cancer-associated thrombosis prevention is an unmet need.

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