Laboratory Medicine ›› 2026, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (4): 318-325.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-8640.2026.04.002

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Research progress on the application of MALDI-TOF MS in the diagnosis and monitoring of colorectal cancer

FAN Yongbing, SHI Mengge, QU Linlin()   

  1. Department of Clinical Laboratorythe First Hospital of Jilin UniversityChangchun 130021,Jilin, China
  • Received:2025-06-30 Revised:2026-02-22 Online:2026-04-30 Published:2026-05-07

Abstract:

Gene testing has been widely applied in the screening,diagnosis,classification,monitoring and treatment of colorectal cancer. Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) has gradually become one of the techniques for determining nucleic acid polymorphisms due to its advantages of high throughput,high sensitivity and high determination efficiency. This review briefly describes the origin and development of nucleic acid mass spectrometry,introduces the principle and method of MALDI-TOF MS for nucleic acid determination,and reviews the targets,projects,applications and clinical value of MALDI-TOF MS in colorectal cancer determination.

Key words: Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry, Single nucleotide polymorphism, Gene modification, Colorectal cancer

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