Exosome-Based Liquid Biopsy Promises Very Early Pancreatic Cancer Detection

02/05/2024 12 min
Exosome-Based Liquid Biopsy Promises Very Early Pancreatic Cancer Detection

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Episode Synopsis

An opportunity to detect pancreatic cancer at stages where early intervention can greatly extend life and even make cure possible seems to be on offer, according to findings from a study of a new liquid biopsy method based on so-called exosomes: subcellular molecules shed into the circulation by cancer cells.

At the AACR Annual Meeting 2024 in San Diego, Peter Goodwin talked with Ajay Goel, PhD, AGAF, senior author of the study and Chair of the Molecular Diagnostics and Experimental Therapeutics in the Beckman Research Institute at City of Hope in Los Angeles.

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