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Recommended Clinical Context and Patient Context Data Elements for Liquid Biopsy Data Submitted to Data Repositories
Robert L Grossman1,2, Jake Vinson3, Elizabeth Bain4
1Open Commons Consortium, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Abstract:
In 2020, BLOODPAC recommended 11 pre-analytical minimal technical data elements for collection and submission of liquid biopsy data to public databases. This article expands on that work by recommending 22 clinical context and 10 patient context data elements. These elements, essential for liquid biopsy data submitted to repositories like the BLOODPAC Data Commons, cover tumor characteristics, disease progression, and patient demographics, supporting biomarker validation, research, and clinical trials.

