liquid-biopsy
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ctDNA tests roadmap: from a curiosity in plasma to blood tests that decide treatment Blood carries fragments of tumour DNA. This roadmap follows the tests that read them, from the first sighting in 1948 to blood tests that now choose a drug, spare chemotherapy, or screen for many cancers at once, and it lists the readouts to watch next. | none | none | ctdna, mrd, mced | ||
Diagnostics & Biomarkers Tests on tissue and blood that say what kind of cancer it is, what is driving it, and which drugs might work. | none | none | genomics, pathology | ||
Massimo Cristofanilli Professor of Medicine and Director of Breast Medical Oncology, Weill Cornell Medicine · Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medicine Showed that counting tumour cells in blood predicts survival in breast cancer and co-led PALOMA-3, which brought palbociclib to endocrine-resistant disease. | HR-positive / HER2-negative breast cancer | none | breast | ||
Nickolas Papadopoulos Professor of Oncology and Pathology, Ludwig Center and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins · Johns Hopkins Hospital / Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center Co-developed CancerSEEK, the blood test that showed multi-cancer early detection is possible, and ran the first prospective screening study of it. | none | none | early-detection, mced | ||
Nitzan Rosenfeld Professor of Cancer Genomics, Barts Cancer Institute; former Senior Group Leader, CRUK Cambridge Institute · Barts Cancer Institute / Barts Health NHS Trust Showed that whole-exome sequencing of blood can track how a cancer evolves, and co-founded Inivata. | none | none | ctdna, genomics |