ReviewNeuro-oncology advances
A brain metastasis liquid biopsy: Where are we now?
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- Clinical Implementation and Oncological Relevance of Molecular Profiling in Brain Metastases Patients-A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study.International journal of cancer · 2026Article
- Patient-derived resources for decoding and targeting brain metastases ecosystems.EMBO molecular medicine · 2026Review
- Analysis of prognostic factors and construction of a nomogram for patients with brain metastases from cancer of unknown primary based on the SEER database.Discover oncology · 2026Article
- Combined multi-omics and multi-spectral profiling of plasma extracellular vesicles reveals liquid biopsy biomarkers for glioma diagnosis.Cell reports. Medicine · 2026Article
- Decoding Brain Metastasis With Liquid Biopsy: Biomarkers and Technologies in EGFR-Mutant NSCLC.Cancer medicine · 2026Review
- Downregulated lysyl oxidase in plasma extracellular vesicles: a biomarker linked to brain metastasis risk in lung adenocarcinoma.BMC medicine · 2026Article
- Liquid Biopsy in Early Screening of Cancers: Emerging Technologies and New Prospects.Biomedicines · 2026Review
- Bacteria-related signals in brain metastases: evidence boundaries, tumor-microenvironment remodeling, and translational prospects.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026Review
- A Practical, Short, [Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Molecular Underpinnings of Brain Metastases.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Modernizing Neuro-Oncology: The Impact of Imaging, Liquid Biopsies, and AI on Diagnosis and Treatment.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Case Report: Pathological complete response yet early brain relapse in HER2-positive breast cancer: a case-based review.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
- Improvement of small extracellular vesicle isolation from mouse model blood.Extracellular vesicles and circulating nucleic acids · 2025Article
- Immunotherapy biomarkers in brain metastases: insights into tumor microenvironment dynamics.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
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Abstract
Brain metastases remain a challenging and feared complication for patients with cancer and research in this area has lagged behind research into metastases to other organs. Due to their location and the risks associated with neurosurgical biopsies, the biology underpinning brain metastases response to treatment and evolution over time remains poorly understood. Liquid biopsies are proposed to overcome many of the limitations present with tissue biopsies, providing a better representation of tumor heterogeneity, facilitating repeated sampling, and providing a noninvasive assessment of tumor biology. Several different liquid biopsy approaches have been investigated including circulating tumor cells, circulating tumor DNA, extracellular vesicles, and tumor-educated platelets; however, these have generally been less effective in assessing brain metastases compared to metastases to other organs requiring improved techniques to investigate these approaches, studies combining different liquid biopsy approaches and/or novel liquid biopsy approaches. Through this review, we highlight the current state of the art and define key unanswered questions related to brain metastases liquid biopsies.
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