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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Expert Rev Anticancer Ther. 2019 Sep 26;19(10):869–878. doi: 10.1080/14737140.2019.1670063

Figure 1. Pancreatic cancer and liquid biopsy (blood).

Figure 1.

A) A schematic of the human body and abdominal cavity that shows pancreas is hidden in the abdominal cavity behind stomach, under the liver. B) A schematic of a clump of pancreatic cancer in the pancreas. This is a representative schematic, and the clump could be in any location in the pancreas. C) A schematic of the dissemination of pancreatic cancer components (ctDNA, exosomes, and CTCs) into the blood stream. D) A schematic of a blood tube with three main compartments—plasma, buffy coat, and red blood cells—each containing pancreatic cancer components.