Publication Date:
2015-11-12
Description:
Article DNA circulating in the plasma of cancer patients carries features of the primary tumour, however such DNA is found in low levels in brain cancer patients. Here, the authors show that circulating tumour DNA can be detected in the cerebral spinal fluid of cancer patients and that this better recapitulates the primary tumour compared to DNA from the plasma. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms9839 Authors: Leticia De Mattos-Arruda, Regina Mayor, Charlotte K. Y. Ng, Britta Weigelt, Francisco Martínez-Ricarte, Davis Torrejon, Mafalda Oliveira, Alexandra Arias, Carolina Raventos, Jiabin Tang, Elena Guerini-Rocco, Elena Martínez-Sáez, Sergio Lois, Oscar Marín, Xavier de la Cruz, Salvatore Piscuoglio, Russel Towers, Ana Vivancos, Vicente Peg, Santiago Ramon y Cajal, Joan Carles, Jordi Rodon, María González-Cao, Josep Tabernero, Enriqueta Felip, Joan Sahuquillo, Michael F. Berger, Javier Cortes, Jorge S. Reis-Filho, Joan Seoane
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics