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Do you have a reference I could check out? My point was this is looking at sequencing all of the cell free DNA and seeing post hoc if any of that data is predi
by sjg007 8y ago
Do you have a reference I could check out? My point was this is looking at sequencing all of the cell free DNA and seeing post hoc if any of that data is predictive of some cancer developing. There are a wide number of issues taking that approach including it not being viable at all. Still it is an interesting data set. And as you state there are other biomarkers that may be more useful that still fall under the category of a liquid biopsy.. what we really mean here is something non-invasive like a blood draw.
I was interested in the FP rate theoretically just cause it would be interesting to understanding the screening watchful waiting type approach vs what we have now.
- dontreact 8y ago43% of Stage I cancers detected, 33% of breast cancers detected and called "the best result so far" by this one science blogger (for breast imaging these numbers are usually around 90): https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2018/01/22/a-hard-look-at-liquid-biopsies https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2018/01/22/a-...