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Funding for this research was provided by:
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (R01 CA254179)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (R01 CA244526)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (T32 CA930245)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (K00 CA264398)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (R01 CA254179)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (R01 CA244526)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (R01 CA244526)
Virginia and D.K. Ludwig Fund for Cancer Research and SDW/DT Philanthropic Gift
Stanford ACED Canary Fellowship, Cui Scholar Graduate Fellowship
Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program
Article History
Received: 24 February 2026
Accepted: 25 August 2026
First Online: 2 October 2026
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Competing interests: K.J.L., W.Y.S., M.C.N. and E.G.H. report ownership interest or stock options in Resero Bio. M.S.E. and E.G.H. report consultancy for Foresight Diagnostics. M.C.N. and E.G.H. are employees of Resero Bio. A.A.A. has received research support from Celgene and Bristol Myers Squibb; reports consultancy for AstraZeneca, Arima, Natera, Roche, Genentech, Celgene, Bristol Myers Squibb, Forty Seven, Gilead, ADCT, Janssen, CARGO, Foresight Diagnostics, Adaptive Biotech and Chugai; has served on the Scientific Advisory Board for CiberMed and Foresight Diagnostics; and reports ownership interest in CiberMed, Resero Bio, Arima, Forty Seven, CARGO and Natera. J.C.L. reports consultancy for VPIX and UroViu and ownership interest or stock options in Resero Bio. M.D. reports current or past research support from AstraZeneca, Illumina and Varian; honoraria from Bristol Myers Squibb, Chugai and Novartis; consultancy to AstraZeneca, BioNTech, Boehringer Ingelheim, CiberMed, Foresight Diagnostics, Genentech, Gritstone Bio, Illumina, Natera, Perception Medicine, RefleXion, Regeneron, Resero Bio and Roche; patents licensed to Foresight Diagnostics, Natera, Resero Bio and Roche; and ownership interest or stock options in CiberMed, Foresight Diagnostics, Gritstone Bio, Natera, Perception Medicine and Resero Bio. K.J.L., W.Y.S., M.C.N., A.A.A., J.C.L. and M.D. also report patent filings related to urine cfRNA. The other authors declare no competing interests.