Machine learning enables detection of early-stage colorectal cancer by whole-genome sequencing of plasma cell-free DNA

Blood-based methods using cell-free DNA (cfDNA) are under development as an alternative to existing screening tests. However, early-stage detection of cancer using tumor-derived cfDNA has proven challenging be...

Source: BMC Cancer - August 23, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Nathan Wan, David Weinberg, Tzu-Yu Liu, Katherine Niehaus, Eric A. Ariazi, Daniel Delubac, Ajay Kannan, Brandon White, Mitch Bailey, Marvin Bertin, Nathan Boley, Derek Bowen, James Cregg, Adam M. Drake, Riley Ennis, Signe Fransen & hellip; Tags: Research article Source Type: research