Genome-wide profiling of circulating tumor DNA depicts landscape of copy number alterations in pancreatic cancer with liver metastasis6.574Mol Oncol . 2020 Sep;14(9):1966-1977. doi: 10.1002/1878-0261.12757. Epub 2020 Jul 15.
Abstract
Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) offers an alternative to tissue biopsies for genomic profiling in tumors. Here, we sought to evaluate copy number alterations in PDAC through whole-genome sequencing (WGS) of cfDNA and determine their clinical significance. Using shallow WGS across 90 plasma samples from 70 pancreatic cancer patients, we detected somatic copy number alterations (CNAs) in 34 subjects (48.6%). Additionally, a higher tumor fraction (TFx) was associated with increased carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9), metastasis, and a worse prognosis. Serial cfDNA analysis suggested that CNAs were highly concordant even for progressive disease after chemotherapy. TFx dynamics were largely in line with changed CA19-9 levels and tumor burden following chemotherapy. Notably, patients with more abundant, baseline CNAs exhibited a better response to chemotherapy. In conclusion, shallow WGS for cfDNA enables a high-throughput characterization of CNAs and an estimation of tumor burden in metastatic pancreatic cancer. These findings reinforce our understanding of the genomic evolution of metastatic PDAC and might have clinical relevance for guiding treatment.
Keywords: circulating tumor DNA; copy number alterations; liver metastasis; pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma; whole-genome sequencing.
跟大家分享的是今年6月发表在Molecular Oncology杂志(IF:6.5)上的一篇文章。主要介绍的是cfDNA(游离DNA)为肿瘤基因组图谱的研究提供了一种替代组织活检的方法,通过cfDNA的WGS(全基因组测序)来评估胰腺癌中的CNA(拷贝数改变),并确定它们的临床意义。
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