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. 2022 Apr 18;23(8):4441. doi: 10.3390/ijms23084441
BEAMing beads, emulsion, amplification, and magnetics
CEA carcinoembryonic antigen
cfDNA cell-free DNA
CHIP clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential
CAN copy number alteration
CRC colorectal cancer
CRPC castration-resistant prostate cancer
CT computer tomography
ctDNA cell-tumor DNA
ddPCR Droplet digital PCR
DFS disease free survival
EGFR epidermal growth factor receptor
FDA Food and Drug Administration
GE genome equivalent
HR hazard ratio
indels small insertions or deletions
MAF mutant allele fraction
mBC metastatic breast cancer
mCRC metastatic colorectal cancer
MRD minimal residual disease
MSI microsatellite instability
NGS Next Generation Sequencing
NSCLC non-small cell lung cancer
OS overall survival
PBMCs peripheral blood mononuclear cells
PFS progression-free survival
RECIST Response evaluation criteria in solid tumors
RFI recurrence-free interval
RFS recurrence-free survival
SNV single nucleotide variant
TMB tumor mutation burden
VAF variant allele frequency
WBC white blood cells
WES whole-exome sequencing