Detection of Tumor-Specific Variants in CSF of Children With Brain Tumors, Including Low-Grade and Cytology-Negative Cases.

OBJECTIVE: The genetic diagnosis of brain tumors necessitates the direct collection of tumor tissue. Recently, genetic diagnosis using cell-free DNA (cfDNA) from plasma has been clinically applied to some somatic cancers, but it has not been establis…

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