Non-invasive Molecular Detection of Minimal Residual Disease in Papillary Thyroid Cancer Patients

Non-invasive Molecular Detection of Minimal Residual Disease in Papillary Thyroid Cancer Patients

Background: Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is the most common type of thyroid malignancy. Serum thyroglobulin (Tg) levels are used to monitor PTC treatment response and recurrences however, in about 25% of the cases the sensitivity of this method is compromised due to either the presence of neutrali...

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Main Authors: Hannah Almubarak, Ebtesam Qassem, Lamyaa Alghofaili, Ali S. Alzahrani, Bedri Karakas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
thyroid cancer
papillary thyroid cancer
liquid biopsy
minimal residual disease
BEAMing
digital PCR (dPCR)
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fonc.2019.01510/full

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