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ReviewCancers2021

Liquid Biopsies in Solid Cancers: Implementation in a Nordic Healthcare System.

Oddmund Nordgård, Rakel Brendsdal Forthun, Morten Lapin, Bjørn Henning Grønberg, Karl Henning Kalland, Reidun Kristin Kopperud, Liv Cecilie Vestrheim Thomsen, Kjersti Tjensvoll, Bjørnar Gilje, Bjørn Tore Gjertsen and 1 more

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Review in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Review
  3. Liquid Biopsy in the Clinical Management of Cancers.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
    Review
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Clinical significance of circulating tumour cells and tumour marker detection in the chemotherapeutic evaluation of advanced colorectal cancer.Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland · 2022
    Article
  7. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Oddmund NordgårdDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Stavanger University Hospital, 4011 Stavanger, Norway.
Rakel Brendsdal ForthunDepartment of Medical Genetics, Haukeland University Hospital, 5021 Bergen, Norway.
Morten LapinDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Stavanger University Hospital, 4011 Stavanger, Norway.ORCID 0000-0003-4183-0679
Bjørn Henning GrønbergDepartment of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway.
Karl Henning KallandCentre for Cancer Biomarkers CCBIO, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, 5021 Bergen, Norway.ORCID 0000-0003-4486-2334
Reidun Kristin KopperudCentre for Cancer Biomarkers CCBIO, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, 5021 Bergen, Norway.
Liv Cecilie Vestrheim ThomsenCentre for Cancer Biomarkers CCBIO, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, 5021 Bergen, Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-6787-8518
Kjersti TjensvollDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Stavanger University Hospital, 4011 Stavanger, Norway.
Bjørnar GiljeDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Stavanger University Hospital, 4011 Stavanger, Norway.
Bjørn Tore GjertsenCentre for Cancer Biomarkers CCBIO, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, 5021 Bergen, Norway.ORCID 0000-0001-9358-9704
Randi HovlandDepartment of Medical Genetics, Haukeland University Hospital, 5021 Bergen, Norway.
Haukeland University Hospital · NOStavanger University Hospital · NOUniversity of Bergen · NONorwegian University of Science and Technology · NO

Funding

Helse Vest 912009
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Liquid biopsies have emerged as a potential new diagnostic tool, providing detailed information relevant for characterization and treatment of solid cancers. We here present an overview of current evidence supporting the clinical relevance of liquid biopsy assessments. We also discuss the implementation of liquid biopsies in clinical studies and their current and future clinical role, with a special reference to the Nordic healthcare systems. Our considerations are restricted to the most established liquid biopsy specimens: circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) and circulating tumor cells (CTC). Both ctDNA and CTCs have been used for prognostic stratification, treatment choices, and treatment monitoring in solid cancers. Several recent publications also support the role of ctDNA in early cancer detection. ctDNA seems to provide more robust clinically relevant information in general, whereas CTCs have the potential to answer more basic questions related to cancer biology and metastasis. Epidermal growth factor receptor-directed treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer represents a clinical setting where ctDNA already has entered the clinic. The role of liquid biopsies in treatment decisions, standardization of methods, diagnostic performance and the need for further research, as well as cost and regulatory issues were identified as factors that influence further integration in the clinic. In conclusion, substantial evidence supports the clinical utility of liquid biopsies in cancer diagnostics, but further research is still required for a more general application in clinical practice.

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cancercirculating tumor cellscirculating tumor DNAliquid biopsies

Identifiers

PMID33924696
PMCPMC8069797
OpenAlexW3152552889

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