Université de Fribourg

Development and clinical validation of a blood test based on 29-gene expression for early detection of colorectal cancer

Ciarloni, Laura ; Ehrensberger, Sahar Hosseinian ; Imaizumi, Natsuko ; Monnier-Benoit, Sylvain ; Nichita, Cristina ; Myung, Seung-Jae ; Kim, Joo Sung ; Song, Si Young ; Kim, Tae Il ; Weg, Boudewijn van der ; Meier, Rémy ; Borovicka, Jan ; Beglinger, Christoph ; Vallet, Cédric ; Maerten, Philippe ; Rüegg, Curzio ; Dorta, Gian

In: Clinical Cancer Research, 2016, p. -

A blood test for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening is a valuable tool to for testing asymptomatic individuals and reducing CRC-related mortality. The objective of this study was to develop and validate a novel blood test able to differentiate patients with CRC and adenomatous polyps (AP) from individuals with a negative colonoscopy. Experimental Design: A case-control, multicenter clinical...