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Liquid Biopsies in Colorectal Liver Metastases: Towards the Era of Precision Oncologic Surgery

Authors :
Diamantis I. Tsilimigras
Ioannis Ntanasis-Stathopoulos
Timothy M. Pawlik
Source :
Cancers, Vol 14, Iss 17, p 4237 (2022)
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
MDPI AG, 2022.

Abstract

Tumor mutational analysis has been incorporated into the management of patients with CRLM since it can provide valuable prognostic information as well as guide peri-operative systemic treatment. Unlike tumor biopsy, liquid biopsy has emerged as a promising, non-invasive alternative that can detect cell-derived markers from a variety of body fluids and might better characterize all subclones present at a specific time point and allow sequential monitoring of disease evolution. Although not currently considered standard of care, an increasing number of cancer centers are nowadays routinely using liquid biopsies in the treatment of CRLM patients with promising results. The current review provides an overview of liquid biopsies in cancer therapeutics and focuses on the application of this relatively new approach on patients with CRLM.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20726694
Volume :
14
Issue :
17
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Cancers
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.5f7eeb65e2543b8929138ed3e2166bc
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers14174237