Abstract

The Need for Centralized Clinical Biobanks to Support Precision Medicine: From Standardized Preprocessing of Liquid Biopsies to Treatment Guidance

Jens Habermann, , University of Lübeck

CTCs, cfDNA, and Exosomes harbor an enormous potential for precision medicine. However, clinical implementation requires standardization. This is in contrast to current praxis, which remains hampered by major inter-study heterogeneity. This talk will address (i) current challenges and solutions for standardized CTC-, cfDNA-, and Exosome- assessment, (ii) how clinical biobanks can support liquid biopsy research and (iii) enable precision medicine locally and internationally.