Hunting for the ultimate liquid cancer biopsy - let the TEP dance begin.
Non-protein coding RNAs in different flavors (miRNAs, piRNAs, snoRNAs, lncRNAs, SHOT-RNAs), exosomes, large oncosomes, exoDNA and now tumor-educated platelets (TEPs) have emerged as crucial signal transmitting, transporting and regulating devices of cells in the last two decades. They are also establishing themselves increasingly in the realm of tumor research. We are currently witnessing a mushrooming of candidate entities for diagnostic and prognostic cancer detection and characterization tests that could have a major impact on how this diverse group of diseases is initially spotted and subsequently treated in the near future. But how do the new kids on the block stand up to the more established circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA)? Without question, much earlier disease detection would be expected to save numerous lives. With all these new players around, will we finally win a major battle in the never-ending war against cancer?
Institute of Molecular Medicine, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany. stephan.feller@uk-halle.de.
Stephan M
SM
Feller
Institute of Molecular Medicine, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany.
Marc
M
Lewitzky
D000818:Animals; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000473:pathology; D022661:RNA, Untranslated / Q000097:blood* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D022661:RNA, Untranslated
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