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Transcriptomics-driven non-invasive liquid biopsy for diagnosing peritoneal lavage cytology-positive gastric cancer.

A simple blood test measuring six genes shows strong promise for detecting aggressive gastric cancer early without invasive procedures.

A 6-mRNA liquid biopsy panel (NOX1, CHEK1, BUB1, NEK2, PRC1, SLCO1B3) achieves AUC 0.869-0.912 in peripheral blood for detecting peritoneal lavage cytology-positive gastric cancer. This record was retained from the prior triage attempt for PubMed pipeline handoff.

What the study was

Study design
prospective multicenter clinical study (two registered clinical trials)
Category
early_cancer_detection
Maturity
Potentially Practice-Changing
Journal
NPJ Precis Oncol

Why it surfaced

NPJ Precision Oncology paper validating a liquid biopsy 6-mRNA panel for a clinically difficult-to-detect gastric cancer phenotype with clear prognostic value, registered as two prospective clinical trials.

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