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Liquid Biopsy On Course To Transform Cancer Management

 
• By Peter Charlish

Liquid biopsies look set to revolutionize the management of cancer patients.  A significant application could come in immuno-oncology, given the rapid uptake of IO drugs and the need to monitor changes in a patient’s immune profile over time to guide therapy selection.

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Although the survival rates for many types of cancer have improved significantly in recent years, cancer was still responsible for 8.8 million deaths worldwide in 2015, or nearly one in six of all deaths, making it the second biggest cause of death globally after coronary heart disease.

In the past few years, scientific advances such as tumor genome sequencing have helped to identify the genetic basis of...

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