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ReviewDiscover oncology2025

Beyond traditional biopsies: the emerging role of ctDNA and MRD on breast cancer diagnosis and treatment.

Hussein Sabit, Manar G Attia, Nouran Mohamed, Pancé S Taha, Nehal Ahmed, Salma Osama, Shaimaa Abdel-Ghany

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Review in Discover oncology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Liquid biopsy in modern medicine: advancing diagnostics from molecular insights to clinical practice.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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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Hussein SabitDepartment of Medical Biotechnology, College of Biotechnology, Misr University for Science and Technology, P. O. Box 77, Giza, Egypt. Hussein.sabit@must.edu.eg.
Manar G AttiaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, College of Biotechnology, Misr University for Science and Technology, P. O. Box 77, Giza, Egypt.
Nouran MohamedDepartment of Environmental Biotechnology, College of Biotechnology, Misr University for Science and Technology, P. O. Box 77, Giza, Egypt.
Pancé S TahaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, College of Biotechnology, Misr University for Science and Technology, P. O. Box 77, Giza, Egypt.
Nehal AhmedDepartment of Agriculture Biotechnology, College of Biotechnology, Misr University for Science and Technology, P. O. Box 77, Giza, Egypt.
Salma OsamaDepartment of Agriculture Biotechnology, College of Biotechnology, Misr University for Science and Technology, P. O. Box 77, Giza, Egypt.
Shaimaa Abdel-GhanyDepartment of Environmental Biotechnology, College of Biotechnology, Misr University for Science and Technology, P. O. Box 77, Giza, Egypt.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Breast cancer management has traditionally relied on tissue biopsies and imaging, which offer limited insights into the disease. However, the discovery of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) and minimal residual disease (MRD) detection has revolutionized our approach to breast cancer. ctDNA, which is fragmented tumor DNA found in the bloodstream, provides a minimally invasive way to understand the tumor's genomic landscape, revealing heterogeneity and critical mutations that biopsies may miss. MRD, which indicates cancer cells that remain after treatment, can now be detected using ctDNA and other advanced methods, improving our ability to predict disease recurrence. This allows for personalized adjuvant therapies based on individual MRD levels, avoiding unnecessary treatments for patients with low MRD. This review discusses how ctDNA and MRD represent a paradigm shift towards personalized, genomically guided cancer care, which has the potential to significantly improve patient outcomes in breast cancer.

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BCBreast cancerctDNAEarly detectionMRDPersonalized medicine

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PMID40050490
PMCPMC11885725

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