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Deep Neural Network Classifier Identifies Pediatric Brain Tumors From Liquid Biopsies

Researchers developed the methylation-based predictive algorithm for central nervous system tumors (M-PACT), a deep neural network classifier, to identify and classify brain tumors in pediatric patients from subnanogram-input cell-free DNA of methylomes in liquid biopsies.

March 02, 2026 By ASCO AI Staff 5 min read
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