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Table 1 Liquid biopsy assays currently in use for screening, diagnosis, and prognosis of Colorectal Cancer

From: Dynamic liquid biopsy components as predictive and prognostic biomarkers in colorectal cancer

Test Name (Ref)

Sample

Biomarker detected

Technology

Application

Epi proColon [9]

Plasma

SEPT9 methylation

Bisulfite converted DNA and PCR

Screening

OncoBEAM [10]

Plasma

34 RAS mutations- 16 mutations in KRAS codons 12, 13, 59, 61, 117, 146 and 18 mutations in NRAS codons 12, 13, 59, 61, 117, 146

Emulsion digital PCR with flow cytometry

Diagnostic

Idyllaâ„¢ ctNRAS-BRAF-EGFR S492R Mutation Assay [11]

Plasma

18 mutations in NRAS exons 2,3,4

5 mutations in BRAF codon 600

2 mutations in EGFR codon 492

PCR

Diagnostic

AdnaTest ColonCancerSelect and AdnaTest ColonCancerDetect [12]

Blood

Colon-cancer-associated gene expression of GA733-2, CEA and EGFR

PCR

Diagnostic

Guardant360 [13]

Plasma

Tumour mutation profiling

(73 genes)

NGS

Diagnostic

TruSight Oncology 500 portfolio [14]

Blood

pan-cancer comprehensive genomic profiling of Single nucleotide variants (SNVs), Indels, CNVs, fusions, and IO biomarkers (TMB, MSI)

NGS

Diagnostic

CellSearch [15]

Blood

CTC with CD45-, EpCAM + 

and (CK8, 18 and/or 19)

CTC immuno-isolation

and detection by

immune-fluorescence

Prognostic

Intplex [16]

Plasma

KRAS/NRAS/BRAF point mutations

PCR

Prognosis Treatment selection

  1. SEPT9 Septin 9, GA733-2 Epithelial glycoprotein 40 gene, CEA Carcinoembryonic antigen, EGFR Epidermal growth factor receptor, NGS Next generation sequening, TMB Tumor mutational burden, MSI Microsatellite instability, CNV Copy Number Variations, CTC circulating tumor cells