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• Emerging research in liquid biopsy is advancing earlier cancer detection and more accurate diagnosis.
• Earlier cancer detection is a major emerging goal.
• More accurate cancer diagnosis is another major goal.
• Liquid biopsies at diagnosis have been studied for both liquid and solid tumors.
• Researchers developed a sequencing method for children newly diagnosed with leukemia.
• The method detects ctDNA with high precision and accuracy.
• The method analyzes a small blood sample.
• Liquid biopsy provides a noninvasive alternative to bone marrow biopsy.
• The method captures a broad spectrum of tumor-specific alterations.
• The example is reported by Lei S. et al. (2025) in Leukemia, 39.