Clinical applications of liquid biopsy as prognostic and predictive biomarkers in hepatocellular carcinoma: circulating tumor cells and circulating tumor DNA
Abstract Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a highly malignant disease with a poor prognosis and high mortality due to a low early diagnosis rate, resistance to systemic treatments and progression to late-stage liver disease. Owing to limitations in the detection of HCC and the lack of awareness of h...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-09-01
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| Series: | Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13046-018-0893-1 |