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. 2022 Jun 14;36(9):2151–2164. doi: 10.1038/s41375-022-01618-w

Fig. 1. Sources of cell-free DNA and circulating tumor DNA in lymphomas and their different aspects as analytes for liquid biopsy.

Fig. 1

Cell-free DNA and circulating tumor DNA are released from malignant and non-malignant tissue into the blood stream and cerebrospinal fluid, where they can be accessed through blood draws and lumbar punctures. In lymphoma, ctDNA obtained from blood plasma or cerebrospinal fluid has been studied as a non- or minimal-invasive clinical biomarker. At the bottom, various aspects of cfDNA and ctDNA analyses in lymphoma patients are highlighted, including quantification of tumor burden and MRD monitoring during and after therapies, noninvasive tumor genotyping for lymphoma classification and characterization of tumor heterogeneity, and fragmentation patterns.