title: Putting tumors to the blood test.
abstract: Detection devices that combine advances in biology, nanotechnology, and microfluidics are dramatically broadening the sensitivity and scope of "liquid biopsies" for cancer research, detection, and treatment.
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bender
mesh_terms: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D046210:Microfluidic Analytical Techniques / Q000379:methods; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000097:blood*; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor