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‹ Wed · 12 Aug 2026
Early cancer detection or prevention

Personalized Circulating Tumor DNA Profiling Enables Superior and Universal Residual Disease Detection in Acute Myeloid Leukemia

A blood test that detects cancer DNA fragments predicts which leukemia patients will relapse far better than current methods, potentially sparing some from unnecessary treatment.

Personalized plasma ctDNA profiling (AML-CAPP-Seq) using whole-exome-informed variant panels universally detected MRD in 56 AML patients, outperforming cellular MRD with HR 17.8 for relapse-free survival and achieving HR 36.0 (p=0.0009) for relapse prediction in 29 allogeneic transplant recipients. This record was retained from the prior triage attempt for PubMed pipeline handoff.

What the study was

Study design
prospective_cohort
Category
hematologic_malignancies
Maturity
Validated
Journal
Blood Cancer Discovery

Why it surfaced

High-impact translational study from Stanford demonstrating a universal, highly sensitive ctDNA MRD platform for AML. Peri-transplant HR of 36.0 for relapse prediction far exceeds current standard-of-care; directly addresses the critical unmet need for sensitive MRD surveillance across diverse AML subtypes. Published in Blood Cancer Discovery.

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