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ReviewJournal of diabetes and metabolic disorders2018

Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in the era of personalized cancer therapy.

Fatemeh Khatami, Seyed Mohammad Tavangar

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Review in Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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10citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 42% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Clinical Validation of Digital PCR-Based ctDNA Detection for Risk Stratification in Residual Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: TRICIA Trial Results.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Fatemeh Khatami1Chronic Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Seyed Mohammad Tavangar1Chronic Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Tehran University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The heterogeneity of tumor is considered as a major difficulty to victorious personalized cancer medicine. There is an extremeneed of consistent response evaluation for in vivo tumor heterogeneity anditscoupledconflict mechanisms. In this occasion researchers will be able to keep pace withpredictive, preventive, personalized, and Participatory (P4) medicine for cancer managements. In fact tumor heterogeneity is a central part of cancer evolution,soin order to progress in understanding of the dynamics within a tumor some diagnostic apparatus should be improved. Latest molecular techniques like Next generation Sequencing (NGS) and ultra-deep sequencing could disclose some clones within a liquid tumor biopsy which mainly responsible of treatment resistance. Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) as a main component of liquid biopsy is agifted biomarker for cancer mutation tracking as well as profiling. Personalized medicine facilitate learning regarding to genetic pools of tumor and their possible respond to treatment which could be much easier by using of ctDNA.With this information, cliniciansarelooking forward to find the best strategies for prevention, screening, and treatment in the way of precision medicine. Currently, numerous clinical efficacy of such informative improved treatment are in hand. Here we represent the review of plasma-derived ctDNA studies use in personalized cancer managements.

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CancerCirculating tumor DNA (ctDNA)Personalized medicine

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PMID30288382
PMCPMC6154523
OpenAlexW2791478658

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