Liquid Biopsy in Cancer Patients The Hand Lens for Tumor Evolution / edited by Antonio Russo, Antonio Giordano, Christian Rolfo.

This text is designed to provide readers with a useful and comprehensive resource and state-of-the-art overview about the new, growing and fast-expanding field of “liquid biopsy” for the management of cancer patients. The liquid biopsy represents an important turning point in oncology since it provi...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Russo, Antonio (Editor), Giordano, Antonio (Editor), Rolfo, Christian (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Humana, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Series:Current Clinical Pathology,
Springer eBook Collection.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Precision Medicine: Are We There?
  • Clonal Cancer Evolution and Intra-tumor Heterogeneity
  • Tissue vs. Liquid Biopsy: Opposite or Complementary?
  • Technical Aspects for the Evaluation of Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs)
  • Technical Aspects for the Evaluation of Circulating Nucleic Acids (CNA): Circulating Tumor DNA (ctDNA) and Circulating MicroRNAs
  • Technical Aspects for the Evaluation of Exosome and their Content
  • Liquid Biopsy in Breast Cancer
  • Liquid Biopsy in Head and Neck Cancers
  • Liquid Biopsy in NSCLC
  • Liquid Biopsy in Gastric Cancer
  • Liquid Biopsy in Pancreatic Cancer
  • Liquid Biopsy in HCC
  • Liquid Biopsy in CRC
  • Liquid Biopsy in GIST
  • Liquid Biopsy in Kidney Cancer
  • Liquid Biopsy in Melanoma.