
A new type of liquid biopsy for solid tumors based on analyzing exosomes from the blood is being tested by clinicians. «The term ‘liquid biopsy’ describes the fact that a simple blood sample can contain many tumor-derived molecules and even tumor cells, enabling molecular analyses similar to those possible in tumor tissue samples,» says a co-lead investigator of the study.
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