DNA Integrity Index: Future for cancer detection?

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DNA is a nuclear macromolecule that can exist in an intracellular and extracellular form. In its extracellular form, DNA can appear in the blood as well as other biological fluids. Small amounts of free DNA circulate in both healthy and diseased human plasma/serum, and increased concentrations of DNA are present in the plasma of cancer patients and the analyses of plasma DNA alterations may theoretically be used for prognostic purposes or for early diagnosis and other detection strategies.

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