Liquid biopsy in hepatocellular carcinoma: circulating tumor cells and circulating tumor DNA

Abstract Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common cancers and a leading cause of death worldwide. Due to latent liver disease, late diagnosis, and nonresponse to systemic treatments, surgical resection and/or biopsy specimens are still generally considered as the gold standard by cli...

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Main Authors: Qianwei Ye, Sunbin Ling, Shusen Zheng, Xiao Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:Molecular Cancer
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12943-019-1043-x