Towards multi-cancer screening using liquid biopsies

Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, Published online: 17 June 2020; doi:10.1038/s41571-020-0404-0Cell-free DNA and proteins are secreted into the bloodstream by multiple types of cancer. In a recently published prospective study involving 10,006 women, such markers were used in a cancer screening approach that incorporated PET–CT as a confirmatory test. Herein, we discuss the implications of these results.
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