Liquid Biopsy Shows Promise for Monitoring Childhood Brain Tumors

Oct 15, 2018

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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – New research by investigators at the University of California, San Francisco and the Children's National Health System, has provided early evidence that liquid biopsy testing could help doctors monitor how well treatments are working in kids with diffuse midline gliomas.

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