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Frontiers of Medicine >> 2023, Volume 17, Issue 4 doi: 10.1007/s11684-023-1018-6

Minimal residual disease in solid tumors: an overview

Received: 2023-02-22 Accepted: 2023-09-13 Available online: 2023-09-13

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Abstract

Minimal residual disease (MRD) is termed as the small numbers of remnant tumor cells in a subset of patients with tumors. Liquid biopsy is increasingly used for the detection of MRD, illustrating the potential of MRD detection to provide more accurate management for cancer patients. As new techniques and algorithms have enhanced the performance of MRD detection, the approach is becoming more widely and routinely used to predict the prognosis and monitor the relapse of cancer patients. In fact, MRD detection has been shown to achieve better performance than imaging methods. On this basis, rigorous investigation of MRD detection as an integral method for guiding clinical treatment has made important advances. This review summarizes the development of MRD biomarkers, techniques, and strategies for the detection of cancer, and emphasizes the application of MRD detection in solid tumors, particularly for the guidance of clinical treatment.

Keywords

MRD ; solid tumor ; CTC ; ctDNA

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