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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Poggiana C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7399415 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of thoracic disease 20200701 7
The prognosis of lung cancer varies highly depending on the disease stage at diagnosis, from a 5-year survival rate close to 90% in stage I, to 10% or less in stage IV disease. The enhancement of early diagnosis of this malignancy is mandatory to improve prognosis, because lung cancer patients stay long asymptomatic or few symptomatic after disease onset. Nowadays, liquid biopsy has emerged as a minimally-invasive tool to address the urgent need for real time monitoring, stratification, and pers ...[more]