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Table 2 Potential methods for HCC ctDNA detection

From: Circulating tumor DNA in hepatocellular carcinoma: trends and challenges

Technique

Detection capability (mutant DNA/total DNA) (%)

Sanger sequencing

>10

Pyrosequencing

10

Next-generation sequencing

>1

Real-time

1

ARMS

0.1

Digital droplet PCR, BEAMing, PAP, TAM-seq, Safe-SeqS, CAPP-seq, PARE

<0.01