Progress in the Knowledge of Circulating Nucleic Acids: Plasma RNA Is Particle-Associated. Can It Become a General Detection Marker for a Cancer Blood Test?
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- 1 August 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Chemistry
- Vol. 48 (8) , 1210-1211
- https://doi.org/10.1093/clinchem/48.8.1210
Abstract
A simple blood test for cancer detection has been the quest of many researchers. Thus, the finding that cell-free circulating DNA in the plasma of cancer patients has characteristics of tumor DNA has produced much interest. In fact, in the last few years, more than 200 publications on this topic have appeared in the literature.Keywords
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