Review Article

Perspectives of the Application of Liquid Biopsy in Colorectal Cancer

Table 1

Application value of CTCs in CRC.

ReferenceBiomarkersMethodsPotential clinical utility

[66]CD45scrm PCRScreening and early detection
[76, 85, 87]EpCAMCellSearch™Prognostic
[83]CD45CyttelPredictive and prognostic
[89]CK-19, EpCAMCK19-Epispot and CellSearch™Prognostic
[103]EpCAM, APC, KRAS, PIK3CANGS, CGH, CellSearch™Therapy and relapse monitoring
[105]KRASPNA-based qPCRTherapy monitoring
[114]LGR5, EMTCanPatrol™, mRNA ISHPrognostic
[115]CK20CMx platformMonitoring early recurrence
[116, 117]EpCAMCellSearch™Predictive and prognostic

Abbreviations: scrm PCR: single-cell RNA and mutational analysis PCR; NGS: next-generation sequencing; CGH: array-comparative genomic hybridization; PNA-based qPCR: peptide nucleic acid-based real-time PCR; mRNA ISH: mRNA in situ hybridization.