Preliminary Analysis of Liquid Biopsy after Hepatectomy for Colorectal Liver Metastases

Meredith C. Mason, Ching‐Wei D. Tzeng, Hop S. Tran Cao, Thomas A. Aloia, Timothy E. Newhook, Michael J. Overman, Scott Kopetz, Jean‐Nicolas Vauthey, Yun Shin Chun

Journal of the American College of Surgeons · 2021 · 27 citations · 17 references

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Abstract

Liquid biopsy results provide information about disease burden and prognosis that is complementary to serum CEA and CT imaging. A positive liquid biopsy after CLM resection is associated with worse overall survival, particularly when multiple gene mutations are detected.

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