Liquid Biopsy of Melanoma Surgery Drainage Fluid Shows Promise for Recurrence Monitoring

Source: , June 2019

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – An international team led by investigators from the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) are pushing forward with efforts to validate a liquid biopsy technique  involving the extraction and analysis of extracellular vesicles from wound drainage fluid in melanoma patients who have a lymph node surgically removed.