Main description:

Liquid Biopsy: New Challenges in the era of Immunotherapy and Precision Oncology aims to describe links between cancer, precision oncology, and liquid biopsy, focusing on their participation to immunotherapy management. The book provides updated information on the main applications of liquid biopsy and immunotherapy as well as interesting aspects useful for planning basic and translational research activities. It helps readers understand the central aspects of precision medicine in oncology, including the use of new generation technologies for translational and diagnostic settings and the main clinical trials in this area that may be useful during their research.

The book is a valuable source for cancer researchers, oncologists and other members of the medical and biomedical field who are interested in learning more about recent developments in liquid biopsy and its relationship with precision medicine and immunotherapy.

Contents:

1. What is precision medicine in oncology?
2. Liquid biopsy: a right tool in a right context?
3. Liquid biopsy: new challenges in the era of immunotherapy and precision oncology NGS and the other faces of molecular biology
4. Current clinically validated applications of liquid biopsy
5. Liquid biopsy and immunotherapy: is all that glitter gold?
6. Which technology performs better? From sample volume to extraction and molecular profiling
7. Early detection screening: myth or reality?
8. Molecular tumor board
9. Future perspectives