Circulating tumor cells were first described in 1869 by Thomas Ashworth, an Australian pathologist who observed them in a peripheral blood sample taken from a patient with metastatic cancer. 1 They ...
A study led by scientists at NYU Langone Health and its Perlmutter Cancer Center has shown that monitoring blood levels of DNA fragments shed by dying tumor cells may accurately predict skin cancer ...
Signatera can detect tumor DNA in the bloodstream. A new blood test seeks to change the game in cancer management. Signatera, a "tumor-informed" blood test developed by Natera, can detect circulating ...
Glioblastoma (GBM) is an aggressive brain tumor characterized by marked intra- and inter-tumoral heterogeneity and inevitable recurrence. Although extracranial metastasis is rare, circulating tumor ...
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) refer to cancer cells that have broken off from a primary tumor. These tumor cells can travel through the blood in the circulatory system and lodge themselves in other ...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are prepping to determine payment rates for two new Current Procedural Technology codes for circulating tumor cell testing, according to the Sacramento ...
The study suggests the tests could save lives by catching cancer at earlier stages, when it's more easily treated. It predicted that, over a decade of use, MCEDs could reduce stage IV cancer diagnoses ...
Researchers are studying tests called liquid biopsies, which can provide vital information about cancer genes using only a blood sample. A blood test to find cancer even before it shows any symptoms ...