Development of blood-based biomarker tests for early detection of colorectal neoplasia: Influence of blood collection timing and handling procedures.

CONCLUSIONS: Results of the present study demonstrated systematic, statistically significant differences between pre-bowel and post-bowel preparation levels for three independent blood-based biomarkers (BAG4, CyFra21-1, cfDNA), illustrating the importance of timing of sample collection for biomarker analyses.
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Source: International Journal of Clinical Chemistry - April 5, 2020 Category: Chemistry Authors: Lech Pedersen N, Mertz Petersen M, Ladd JJ, Lampe PD, Bresalier RS, Davis GJ, Demuth C, Jensen SØ, Andersen CL, Ferm L, Jarle Christensen I, Nielsen HJ Tags: Clin Chim Acta Source Type: research