简介:Circulatingfreenucleicacids;cellfreeDNAandcirculatingmicro-RNA,arefoundintheplasmaofpatientswithhematologicandsolidmalignanciesatlevelshigherthanthatofhealthyindividuals.InpatientswithhematologicmalignancycellfreeDNAreflectstheunderlyingtumormutationalprofile,whilstmicro-RNAsreflectgeneticinterferencemechanismswithinatumorandpotentiallythesurroundingmicroenvironmentandimmuneeffectorcells.Thesecirculatingnucleicacidsofferapotentiallysimple,non-invasive,repeatableanalysisthatcanaidindiagnosis,prognosisandtherapeuticdecisionsincancertreatment.