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ctDNA-guided adjuvant therapy in stage II colon cancer: a step forward, but not the final word

Blood tumor DNA is emerging as a clinical tool for guiding treatment decisions in early colon cancer, representing active clinical development.

INCLIVA/Harvard Medical School editorial in Annals of Oncology provides expert contextualization of ctDNA-guided adjuvant therapy for stage II colon cancer without original data. Retained for completeness as this is a major clinical area with active development.

What the study was

Study design
Editorial / Commentary
Population
Stage II colon cancer patients
Category
Diagnostics
Maturity
Exploratory
Journal
Annals of Oncology

Why it surfaced

Editorial/comment; default exclusion type; retained for completeness. No original data.

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