ReviewTranslational lung cancer research2016
Methylation analyses in liquid biopsy.
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- Comparative diagnostic value of a blood-based three-gene DNA methylation assay and a seven-autoantibody panel for differentiating pulmonary nodules.The journal of liquid biopsy · 2026Article
- Methylated circulating tumor DNA: technical challenges and clinical applications in non-small cell lung cancer patients-a narrative review.Translational lung cancer research · 2026Review
- Advancements in DNA methylation technologies and their application in cancer diagnosis.Epigenetics · 2025Review
- The technology landscape for detection of DNA methylation in cancer liquid biopsies.Epigenetics · 2025Review
- Circulating tumor DNA in lung cancer: a bibliometric analysis of studies published from 2001 to 2024.Journal of thoracic disease · 2025Article
- Emerging Techniques of Translational Research in Immuno-Oncology: A Focus on Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.Cancers · 2025Review
- The Role of ctDNA for Diagnosis and Histological Prediction in Early Stage Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Narrative Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Liquid biopsy for early detection of lung cancer.Chinese medical journal pulmonary and critical care medicine · 2023Review
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- Minimal residual disease in solid tumors: an overview.Frontiers of medicine · 2023Review
- DNA methylation in cell plasticity and malignant transformation in liver diseases.Pharmacology & therapeutics · 2023Review
- Targeted DNA methylation from cell-free DNA using hybridization probe capture.NAR genomics and bioinformatics · 2022Article
- Droplet digital polymerase chain reaction assay for methylated ring finger protein 180 in gastric cancer.World journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2022Article
- Liquid biopsies based on DNA methylation as biomarkers for the detection and prognosis of lung cancer.Clinical epigenetics · 2022Review
- Detection of gene mutations and gene-gene fusions in circulating cell-free DNA of glioblastoma patients: an avenue for clinically relevant diagnostic analysis.Molecular oncology · 2022Article
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- Potential utility of longitudinal somatic mutation and methylation profiling for predicting molecular residual disease in postoperative non-small cell lung cancer patients.Cancer medicine · 2021Article
- Development and validation of a flexible DNA extraction (PAN) method for liquid biopsy of multiple sample types.Journal of clinical laboratory analysis · 2021Article
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Abstract
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Recent implementation of low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening is predicted to lead to diagnosis of lung cancer at an earlier stage, with survival benefit. However, there is still a pressing need for biomarkers that will identify individuals eligible for screening, as well as improve the diagnostic accuracy of LDCT. In addition, biomarkers for prognostic stratification of patients with early stage disease, and those that can be used as surrogates to monitor tumor evolution, will greatly improve clinical management. Molecular alterations found in the DNA of tumor cells, such as mutations, translocations and methylation, are reflected in DNA that is released from the tumor into the bloodstream. Thus, in recent years, circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) has gained increasing attention as a noninvasive alternative to tissue biopsies and potential surrogate for the entire tumor genome. Activating gene mutations found in ctDNA have been proven effective in predicting response to targeted therapy. Analysis of ctDNA is also a valuable tool for longitudinal follow-up of cancer patients that does not require serial biopsies and may anticipate the acquisition of resistance. DNA methylation has also emerged as a promising marker for early detection, prognosis and real-time follow-up of tumor dynamics that is independent of the genomic composition of the primary tumor. This review summarizes the various investigational applications of methylated ctDNA in lung cancer reported to date. It also provides a brief overview of the technologies for analysis of DNA methylation in liquid biopsies, and the challenges that befall the implementation of methylated ctDNA into routine clinical practice.
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