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Novel liquid biopsy methodology can track evolution of metastatic prostate cancer

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DNA/RNA material contained in circulating extracellular vesicles secreted into the bloodstream by tumor cells captures cancer genomics and transcriptomic evolution in patients with metastatic prostate cancer, according to a new study. 

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