Chroniques génomiques - Dépister les cancers asymptomatiques ?
Résumé
A recent publication describes a sophisticated “liquid biopsy” procedure that analyses both tumoral DNA and proteins present in peripheral blood to provide sensitive detection of different types of cancer. These results represent a significant advance, but they still fall short of the sensitivity and specificity required, and it seems unlikely that they could progress to a level at which screening of the (asymptomatic) general population would have a really favourable benefit to risk ratio.
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Jordan, Bertrand ; Chroniques génomiques - Dépister les cancers asymptomatiques ?, Med Sci (Paris), , Vol. 34, N° 4 ; p. 363-365 ; DOI : 10.1051/medsci/20183404018