DNA Methylation in Circulating Tumour DNA as a Biomarker for Cancer

Free circulating DNA, which is thought to be derived from the primary tumour, can be detected in the blood of patients with cancer. Detection of genetic and epigenetic alteration in this tumour DNA offers a potential source of development of prognostic and predictive biomarkers for cancer. One such...

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Main Authors: Ruth E Board, Lucy Knight, Alastair Greystoke, Fiona H Blackhall, Andrew Hughes, Caroline Dive5, Malcolm Ranson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2007-01-01
Series:Biomarker Insights
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Online Access:http://la-press.com/article.php?article_id=500