AUG 18, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE
Clinical Application of Circulating Tumor DNA in Surgically Treated Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Annals of Laboratory Medicine
A prospective single-centre study in 84 ESCC patients shows ctDNA detection correlates with stage and precedes radiological recurrence in some cases, but lacks a formal comparator group and hard clinical outcome validation.
Reported
ctDNA detection rate at diagnosis36.9%
Detection rate in advanced stages…63.6%
Detection rate in early stages (0…28.3%