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by nradov 488 days ago
It's expensive, accuracy isn't very high, and no one has done the studies to demonstrate that it actually improves subject outcomes. By its very nature that type of research takes a long time because the investigators have to wait years to detect a difference in subject survival rates or other significant endpoints.

There's a huge amount of funding going into the liquid biopsy space so things will improve. But don't expect rapid changes in clinical practice.