Liquid biopsy: a new window on the BRCA genes.
Blood tests show promise for tracking genetic breast cancer changes over time without needing repeated tissue biopsies.
The Breast Cancer Susceptibility Gene (BRCA)-associated tumors represent a constantly evolving and intriguing scenario in oncology, in which the availability of novel systemic treatment, mainly including the poly (ADP-ri... Beyond the attractive potential to surrogate the tumor tissue testing, to overcome the cancer spatial and temporal heterogeneity, and to monitor the tumor mutational profile over time, accurately detecting all clinically...
What the study was
- Study design
- Observational/unspecified
- Population
- cancer patients
- Category
- Early Detection
- Maturity
- Exploratory
- Journal
- ESMO open
Why it surfaced
Score 7/10 [EARLY_CANCER_DETECTION]: Observational/unspecified (Journal Article) matched 'Early cancer detection (liquid biopsy, c'. Components — novelty:2/3, relevance:3/3, design:1/2, population:1/2. Confidence: medium. Conservative scoring applied per v1.3 rubric.
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