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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Expert Rev Mol Diagn. 2019 Sep 8;19(11):1031–1041. doi: 10.1080/14737159.2019.1664290

Table 4.

FDA Approved Liquid Biopsies

Name of Liquid Biopsy Targets Types of Cancer Used For Manufacturer
CELLSEARCH® Circulating Tumor Cell Assay Detects circulating tumor cells (CTC) of epithelial origin (CD45−, EpCAM+, and cytokeratins 8, 18+, and/or 19+) Metastatic breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer Menarini Silicon Biosystems
cobas® EGFR Mutation Test v2 Detects 42 mutations in exons 18, 19, 20 and 21 of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene, including the T790M resistant mutation Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) Roche Molecular Systems
therascreen® PIK3CA RGQ PCR kit. Detects 11 mutations in exons 7, 9, and 20 of the PIK3CA gene PIK3CA mutated HR+/HER2− advanced breast cancer QIAGEN