The interplay of circulating tumor DNA and chromatin modification, therapeutic resistance, and metastasis

Abstract Peripheral circulating free DNA (cfDNA) is DNA that is detected in plasma or serum fluid with a cell-free status. For cancer patients, cfDNA not only originates from apoptotic cells but also from necrotic tumor cells and disseminated tumor cells that have escaped into the blood during epith...

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Main Authors: Lei Zhang, Yiyi Liang, Shifu Li, Fanyuan Zeng, Yongan Meng, Ziwei Chen, Shuang Liu, Yongguang Tao, Fenglei Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-03-01
Series:Molecular Cancer
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12943-019-0989-z