Non-Invasive and Minimally Invasive Diagnosis of Cancers- Current Status and Caveats

Veena Somasundaram

Cancer and Inflammation Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, USA

Dr. Veena Somasundaram, Cancer and Inflammation Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, USA.

Keywords: Cancer Diagnosis; Solid Tumors; Metabolites

Abstract

Early detection is key to the success of anti-cancer therapies. Invasive detection methods would be ill-favored in asymptomatic individuals and there is hence a need for use of non-invasive imaging technologies or minimally invasive detection of circulating tumor features in the blood for early detection of cancers.

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