Droplet digital PCR for detection and quantification of circulating tumor DNA in plasma of head and neck cancer patients

BMC Cancer

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  van Ginkel, Joost H ^a   Huibers, Manon M H ^a   van Es, Robert J J ^a   de Bree, Remco ^a   Willems, Stefan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Circulating tumor DNA; Diagnostic biomarker; Droplet digital PCR; Head and neck cancer; TP53 mutations

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATING TUMOR DNA; DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROTEIN P53; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROPLET DIGITAL POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; TUMOR VOLUME; BLOOD; CANCER GRADING; GENE DOSAGE; GENETICS; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; LIQUID BIOPSY; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMARKERS, TUMOR; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CIRCULATING TUMOR DNA; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LIQUID BIOPSY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NEOPLASM GRADING; NEOPLASM STAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR BURDEN; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 85020874504     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12885-017-3424-0     Document Type: Article

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