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ReviewCancers2023

The Evolution of Affordable Technologies in Liquid Biopsy Diagnostics: The Key to Clinical Implementation.

George Alexandrou, Katerina-Theresa Mantikas, Rebecca Allsopp, Calista Adele Yapeter, Myesha Jahin, Taryn Melnick, Simak Ali, R Charles Coombes, Christofer Toumazou, Jacqueline A Shaw and 1 more

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In one paragraph

Review in Cancers, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed
6.5field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Prognostic significance of pre-intervention circulating cytokines in digestive system cancers: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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  9. Update on Liquid Biopsy.Radiology · 2025
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  14. Improved Risk-Stratification Scheme for Mismatch-Repair Proficient Stage II Colorectal Cancers Using the Digital Pathology Biomarker QuantCRC.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2024
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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 2 institutions in 1 country.

George AlexandrouCentre For Bio-Inspired Technology, Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2BT, UK.
Katerina-Theresa MantikasCentre For Bio-Inspired Technology, Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2BT, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5065-9108
Rebecca AllsoppLeicester Cancer Research Centre, Department of Genetics and Genome Biology, University of Leicester, Leicester LE2 7LX, UK.
Calista Adele YapeterCentre For Bio-Inspired Technology, Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2BT, UK.
Myesha JahinCentre For Bio-Inspired Technology, Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2BT, UK.
Taryn MelnickCentre For Bio-Inspired Technology, Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2BT, UK.
Simak AliDepartment of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1320-0816
R Charles CoombesDepartment of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
Christofer ToumazouCentre For Bio-Inspired Technology, Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2BT, UK.
Jacqueline A ShawLeicester Cancer Research Centre, Department of Genetics and Genome Biology, University of Leicester, Leicester LE2 7LX, UK.
Melpomeni KalofonouCentre For Bio-Inspired Technology, Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2BT, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8299-4106
Imperial College London · GBUniversity of Leicester · GB

Funding

Cancer Research UK 13462Cancer Research UK 23464Cancer Research UK 25292Cancer Research UK C54044/A25292Medical Research Council MC_PC_19040
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer remains a leading cause of death worldwide, despite many advances in diagnosis and treatment. Precision medicine has been a key area of focus, with research providing insights and progress in helping to lower cancer mortality through better patient stratification for therapies and more precise diagnostic techniques. However, unequal access to cancer care is still a global concern, with many patients having limited access to diagnostic tests and treatment regimens. Noninvasive liquid biopsy (LB) technology can determine tumour-specific molecular alterations in peripheral samples. This allows clinicians to infer knowledge at a DNA or cellular level, which can be used to screen individuals with high cancer risk, personalize treatments, monitor treatment response, and detect metastasis early. As scientific understanding of cancer pathology increases, LB technologies that utilize circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) and circulating tumour cells (CTCs) have evolved over the course of research. These technologies incorporate tumour-specific markers into molecular testing platforms. For clinical translation and maximum patient benefit at a wider scale, the accuracy, accessibility, and affordability of LB tests need to be prioritized and compared with gold standard methodologies in current use. In this review, we highlight the range of technologies in LB diagnostics and discuss the future prospects of LB through the anticipated evolution of current technologies and the integration of emerging and novel ones. This could potentially allow a more cost-effective model of cancer care to be widely adopted.

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cancer diagnosticsemerging technologiesliquid biopsypersonalised treatment

Identifiers

PMID38001698
PMCPMC10670715
OpenAlexW4388747532

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