Non-invasive early detection of cancer four years before conventional diagnosis using a blood test

Patients whose disease is diagnosed in its early stages have better outcomes. In this study, the authors develop a non invasive blood test based on circulating tumor DNA methylation that can potentially detect cancer occurrence even in asymptomatic patients.

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Main Authors: Xingdong Chen, Jeffrey Gole, Athurva Gore, Qiye He, Ming Lu, Jun Min, Ziyu Yuan, Xiaorong Yang, Yanfeng Jiang, Tiejun Zhang, Chen Suo, Xiaojie Li, Lei Cheng, Zhenhua Zhang, Hongyu Niu, Zhe Li, Zhen Xie, Han Shi, Xiang Zhang, Min Fan, Xiaofeng Wang, Yajun Yang, Justin Dang, Catie McConnell, Juan Zhang, Jiucun Wang, Shunzhang Yu, Weimin Ye, Yuan Gao, Kun Zhang, Rui Liu, Li Jin
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Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/f13abdef111b44f5aeede14fcb526903
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Summary:Patients whose disease is diagnosed in its early stages have better outcomes. In this study, the authors develop a non invasive blood test based on circulating tumor DNA methylation that can potentially detect cancer occurrence even in asymptomatic patients.