Tumor liquid biopsies /

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Imprint:Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2020]
©2020
Description:1 online resource (vi, 368 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Language:English
Series:Recent results in cancer research, 2197-6767; volume 215
Recent results in cancer research ; 215.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12602238
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Other authors / contributors:Schaffner, Florence, editor.
Merlin, Jean-Louis, editor.
Bubnoff, Nikolas von, editor.
ISBN:3030264394
9783030264390
9783030264383
3030264386
9783030264413
3030264416
Digital file characteristics:text file PDF
Notes:Description based on online resource; title from resource home page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed April 26, 2021).
Summary:"This book is a comprehensive guide to the techniques, clinical applications, and benefits of the different forms of liquid biopsy employed in patients with a variety of tumor types, including lung, breast and colorectal cancer. Offering detailed explanations, it discusses the how changes in tumors can be tracked using these cutting-edge technologies, which enable the detection and analysis of diverse circulating biomarkers: tumor cells, tumor DNA, tumor RNA (free or in exosomes), and fluid biomarkers identifiable by means of targeted proteomics. The use of such advanced technologies is enabling us to tackle questions and problems in a way that was not possible just a few years ago. We now have at our disposal an effective means of overcoming the problem of intratumor heterogeneity, which has limited the value of conventional biopsy approaches. As a consequence, oncology practice is about to change radically, toward truly personalized precision medicine. This book provides both clinicians and researchers with a thorough and up-to-date overview of progress in the field"--Publisher's description.
Other form:Print version: Tumor liquid biopsies. Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2020 9783030264383
Standard no.:10.1007/978-3-030-26439-0