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SUBMITTER: Vacante M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7555636 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vacante Marco M Ciuni Roberto R Basile Francesco F Biondi Antonio A
Biomedicines 20200826 9
Currently, there is a crucial need for novel diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers with high specificity and sensitivity in patients with colorectal cancer. A "liquid biopsy" is characterized by the isolation of cancer-derived components, such as circulating tumor cells, circulating tumor DNA, microRNAs, long non-coding RNAs, and proteins, from peripheral blood or other body fluids and their genomic or proteomic assessment. The liquid biopsy is a minimally invasive and repeatable technique that c ...[more]