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Exploring per-base quality scores as a surrogate marker of cell-free DNA fragmentome.

Per-base quality scores are widely treated as technical metadata in next-generation sequencing. These results provide initial evidence that quality scores could serve as a low-cost, alignment-free surrogate signal for cfDNA-based cancer detection.

Per-base quality scores are widely treated as technical metadata in next-generation sequencing. These results provide initial evidence that quality scores could serve as a low-cost, alignment-free surrogate signal for cfDNA-based cancer detection.

What the study was

Study design
Not specified
Category
Early Detection
Maturity
Exploratory
Journal
Briefings in bioinformatics

Why it surfaced

Low-signal Early cancer detection entry (Not specified design); retained for topic coverage completeness.

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