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A liquid biopsy to detect circulating tumor DNA after surgery for stage 2 colon cancer reduces the use of chemotherapy without sacrificing recurrence-free survival.
CHICAGO — Circulating tumor DNA analysis safely reduced adjuvant chemotherapy use without compromising recurrence-free survival among patients with stage II colon cancer, according to results of the randomized phase 2 DYNAMIC trial.The findings, presented during ASCO Annual Meeting and published simultaneously in The New England Journal of Medicine, showed patients with circulating tumor
E-Mail IMAGE: Researchers discovered a genetic marker that differed between spinal cord neurons that only had short connections (green) and those that had more long-range connections (purple). view more Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(April 22, 2021) Spinal cord nerve cells branching through the body resemble trees with limbs fanning out in every direction. But this image can also be used to tell the story of how these neurons, their jobs becoming more specialized over time, arose through developmental and evolutionary history. Salk researchers have, for the first time, traced t...