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Liquid biopsy spots aggressive pediatric brainstem cancer earlier without surgery

19:00 EST 5 Nov 2017 | AAAS

(Children's National Health System) A particularly aggressive form of pediatric cancer can be spotted reliably by the genetic fragments it leaves behind in children's biofluids, opening the door to non-surgical biopsies and providing a way to gauge whether such tumors respond to treatment, according to Children's National Health System researchers.

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