Circulating Tumor DNA correlates with Lactate Dehydrogenase, CYFRA 21-1, and CRP levels in patients with advanced NSCLC.

J Cancer · 2023 · PMC9809334 · PMID 36605490

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Their study included only 14 patients (just 7 of which were adenocarcinomas), however, and therefore, although they observed a certain trend in the relationship between elevated CEA and ctDNA, their results did not reach statistical significance.

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