Transport, Stabilisierung und Analytik.

The article emphasizes the advantages of liquid biopsy in avoiding traditional tissue biopsies, detailing the methods used for stabilizing samples and analyzing circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) through techniques such as quantitative Digital Droplet Polymerase Chain Reaction (ddPCR) and Next Generation Sequencing (NGS). It states that these methodologies provide critical insights into tumor mutations and disease progression.