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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Dong X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8422845 | biostudies-literature | 2021
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Frontiers in oncology 20210824
Current liquid biopsy assays lack sufficient sensitivity to detect copy number loss, which limits the interrogation of critical tumor suppressor gene deletions during cancer progression and treatment. Here we describe a liquid biopsy assay with improved sensitivity for detection of copy number loss in blood samples with low levels of circulating tumor DNA, and demonstrate its utility by profiling <i>PTEN</i>, <i>RB1</i>, and <i>TP53</i> genetic loss in metastatic prostate cancer patients. ...[more]