%0 Journal Article %T Liquid biopsy of bile for the molecular diagnosis of gallbladder cancer %A Chihiro Dohi %A Hideaki Kinugasa %A Hironari Kato %A Hiroshi Matsushita %A Hiroyuki Okada %A Kazuhiro Nouso %A Kazuyuki Matsumoto %A Soichiro Ako %J Archive of "Cancer Biology & Therapy". %D 2018 %R 10.1080/15384047.2018.1456604 %X Introduction: Tissue sampling of gallbladder cancer (GBCa) is challenging because of the anatomy of the gallbladder. The aim of this study is to investigate the possibility of diagnosing GBCa patients by performing a liquid biopsy of bile in addition to current diagnostic methods %K CtDNA %K bile %K circulating tumor DNA %K gallbladder cancer %K liquid biopsy %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6300345/