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ReviewFrontiers in oncology2019

The Value of Liquid Biopsies for Guiding Therapy Decisions in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer.

Jatta Saarenheimo, Natalja Eigeliene, Heidi Andersen, Marja Tiirola, Antti Jekunen

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Review in Frontiers in oncology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers.

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52citing papers in PubMed
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What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

52 citing papers in PubMed, 76 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jatta SaarenheimoDepartment of Pathology, Vasa Central Hospital, Vaasa, Finland.
Natalja EigelieneDepartment of Oncology, Vasa Central Hospital, Vaasa, Finland.
Heidi AndersenDepartment of Pulmonology, Vasa Central Hospital, Vaasa, Finland.
Marja TiirolaDepartment of Biological and Environmental Science, Nano Science Center, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland.
Antti JekunenDepartment of Oncology, Vasa Central Hospital, Vaasa, Finland.
Vaasa Central Hospital · FIUniversity of Jyväskylä · FIUniversity of Turku · FI

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Targeted therapies have allowed for an individualized treatment approach in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The initial therapeutic decisions and success of targeted therapy depend on genetic identification of personal tumor profiles. Tissue biopsy is the gold standard for molecular analysis, but non-invasive or minimally invasive liquid biopsy methods are also now used in clinical practice, allowing for later monitoring and optimization of the cancer treatment. The inclusion of liquid biopsy in the management of NSCLC provides strong evidence on early treatment response, which becomes a basis for determining disease progression and the need for changes in treatment. Liquid biopsies can drive the decision making for treatment strategies to achieve better patient outcomes. Cell-free DNA and circulating tumor cells obtained from the blood are promising markers for determining patient status. They may improve cancer treatments, allow for better treatment control, enable early interventions, and change decision making from reactive actions toward more predictive early interventions. This review aimed to present current knowledge on and the usefulness of liquid biopsy studies in NSCLC from the perspective of how it has allowed individualized treatments according to gene profiling and how the method may alter the treatment decisions in the future.

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cancerctDNAEGFRNSCLCpersonalized therapyprecision medicine

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PMID30891428
PMCPMC6411700
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