Speeding tumor genotyping during the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak through liquid biopsy.

Cancer

Thoracic Medical Oncology, Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

Published: September 2020

This commentary proposes a shift in the current diagnostic workflow for patients with metastatic cancer to incorporate the use of liquid biopsy. This proposal, born in the time of a severe crisis for the health care system, might also be applied when the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) outbreak ends and thereby reduce the turnaround time for results from molecular testing for patients with cancer and increase the number of patients potentially benefiting from highly effective targeted therapies.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7300674PMC
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