Journal
MOLECULAR ASPECTS OF MEDICINE
Volume 72, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.mam.2019.10.005
Keywords
Reference materials; Liquid biopsy; Pre-analytical variables; cfDNA; CTC; Exosomes; Microvesicles; cfRNA
Funding
- Ghent University
- Ghent University Hospital
- Kom Op Tegen Kanker
- Fund for Scientific Research Flanders (FWO)
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Assessment of cell free DNA (cfDNA) and RNA (cfRNA), circulating tumor cells (CTC) and extracellular vesicles (EV) in blood or other bodily fluids can enable early cancer detection, tumor dynamics assessment, minimal residual disease detection and therapy monitoring. However, few liquid biopsy tests progress towards clinical application because results are often discordant and challenging to reproduce. Reproducibility can be enhanced by the development and implementation of standard operating procedures and reference materials to identify and correct for pre-analytical variables. In this review we elaborate on the technological considerations, pre -analytical variables and the use and availability of reference materials for the assessment of liquid biopsy targets in blood and highlight initiatives towards the standardization of liquid biopsy testing.
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