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. 2024 Dec 2;9:336. doi: 10.1038/s41392-024-02021-w

Table 11.

Liquid biopsy in endocrine system cancers

Cancer Liquid biomarker Origin Tendency Downstream target Function Reference
TC CTCs Peripheral blood up Early diagnostic biomarker 421
CTCs Peripheral blood up Efficacy monitoring biomarker 422
ctDNA mutation Plasma up Efficacy monitoring biomarker 425
ctDNA Plasma up Disease progression biomarker 424
BRAFV600E mutation Plasma up Efficacy monitoring biomarker 426
RET M918T mutation Plasma up Prognostic biomarker 427
BRAF(T1799A) mutation Plasma up Disease progression biomarker 428
PIK3CA mutation Peripheral blood up Prognostic biomarker 429
SLC5A8, SLC26A4 methylation Plasma up BRAF Early diagnostic biomarker 418
ctDNA methylation Serum up Early diagnostic biomarker, Tumor recurrence biomarker 430
miR-146b-5p, miR-21a-5p Plasma exosome up Early diagnostic biomarker 420
miR-29a Serum exosome down Early diagnostic biomarker, Prognostic biomarker 431
BRCA CTCs Peripheral blood up Prognostic biomarker, Efficacy monitoring biomarker 452
TP53, PIK3CA, ESR1 mutation Plasma up Efficacy monitoring biomarker 436
ctDNA mutation Plasma up Efficacy monitoring biomarker, Tumor recurrence biomarker 437
PIK3CA mutation Plasma up Early diagnostic biomarker, Efficacy monitoring biomarker, Tumor recurrence biomarker 438
miR-1246, miR-21 Plasma exosome up Early diagnostic biomarker 441
miR-101, miR-372 Serum exosome up Early diagnostic biomarker 442
miR-106a-3p, miR-106a-5p, miR-20b-5p, miR-92a-2-5p Serum exosome, Plasma exosome up Early diagnostic biomarker 443