Liquid Biopsy in Cancer Patients : The Hand Lens for Tumor Evolution

This text is designed to provide readers with a useful and comprehensive resource and state-of-the-art overview about the new, growing and fast-expanding field of "liquid biopsy" for the management of cancer patients. The liquid biopsy represents an important turning point in oncology sinc...

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Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors Russo, Antonio (Editor), Giordano, Antonio (Editor), Rolfo, Christian (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Humana Press, 2017.
SeriesCurrent Clinical Pathology,
Subjects
Medicine.
Oncology.
Pathology.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319556611
ISSN2197-781X
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-55661-1
Physical DescriptionXI, 214 p. 41 illus., 40 illus. in color. online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Precision Medicine: Are We There?
  • Clonal Cancer Evolution and Intra-tumor Heterogeneity
  • Tissue vs. Liquid Biopsy: Opposite or Complementary?
  • Technical Aspects for the Evaluation of Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs)
  • Technical Aspects for the Evaluation of Circulating Nucleic Acids (CNA): Circulating Tumor DNA (ctDNA) and Circulating MicroRNAs
  • Technical Aspects for the Evaluation of Exosome and their Content
  • Liquid Biopsy in Breast Cancer
  • Liquid Biopsy in Head and Neck Cancers
  • Liquid Biopsy in NSCLC
  • Liquid Biopsy in Gastric Cancer
  • Liquid Biopsy in Pancreatic Cancer
  • Liquid Biopsy in HCC
  • Liquid Biopsy in CRC
  • Liquid Biopsy in GIST
  • Liquid Biopsy in Kidney Cancer
  • Liquid Biopsy in Melanoma.

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