Analysis of microbial sequences in plasma cell-free DNA for early-onset breast cancer patients and healthy females

• Main Authors: Yu-Feng Huang (Author), Yen-Ju Chen (Author), Tan-Chi Fan (Author), Nai-Chuan Chang (Author), Yi-Jie Chen (Author), Mohit K. Midha (Author), Tzu-Han Chen (Author), Hsiao-Hsiang Yang (Author), Yu-Tai Wang (Author), Alice L. Yu (Author), Kuo-Ping Chiu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Cell-free circulating DNA (cfDNA) is becoming a useful biopsy for noninvasive diagnosis of diseases. Microbial sequences in plasma cfDNA may provide important information to improve prognosis and treatment. We have developed a stringent method to identify microbial species via mi...