Liquid biopsy at the frontier of detection, prognosis and progression monitoring in colorectal cancer

H Zhou, L Zhu, J Song, G Wang, P Li, W Li, P Luo… - Molecular cancer, 2022 - Springer
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common cancers worldwide and a leading
cause of carcinogenic death. To date, surgical resection is regarded as the gold standard by …

Using circulating tumor DNA in colorectal cancer: current and evolving practices

M Malla, JM Loree, PM Kasi, AR Parikh - Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2022 - ascopubs.org
There exists a tremendous opportunity in identifying and determining the appropriate
predictive and prognostic biomarker (s) for risk stratification of patients with colorectal …

Circulating tumor DNA analysis guiding adjuvant therapy in stage II colon cancer

J Tie, JD Cohen, K Lahouel, SN Lo… - … England Journal of …, 2022 - Mass Medical Soc
Background The role of adjuvant chemotherapy in stage II colon cancer continues to be
debated. The presence of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) after surgery predicts very poor …

Circulating tumor DNA and minimal residual disease (MRD) in solid tumors: current horizons and future perspectives

Y Peng, W Mei, K Ma, C Zeng - Frontiers in oncology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) is cell-free DNA (cfDNA) fragment in the bloodstream that
originates from malignant tumors or circulating tumor cells. Recently, ctDNA has emerged as …

Liquid biopsies to monitor and direct cancer treatment in colorectal cancer

G Mauri, PP Vitiello, A Sogari, G Crisafulli… - British Journal of …, 2022 - nature.com
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most prevalent and deadly cancers worldwide.
Despite recent improvements in treatment and prevention, most of the current therapeutic …

The utility of ctDNA in detecting minimal residual disease following curative surgery in colorectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

LG Faulkner, LM Howells, C Pepper, JA Shaw… - British journal of …, 2023 - nature.com
Introduction Colorectal cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the UK. There remains a
need for improved risk stratification following curative resection. Circulating-tumour DNA …

Current progress and future perspectives of neoadjuvant anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapy for colorectal cancer

Z Yang, G Wu, X Zhang, J Gao, C Meng, Y Liu… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Immunotherapies, especially the programmed cell death 1/programmed cell death ligand 1
(PD-1/PD-L1) inhibitors, have revolutionized the therapeutic strategies of various cancers …

[HTML][HTML] Tumour-agnostic circulating tumour DNA analysis for improved recurrence surveillance after resection of colorectal liver metastases: A prospective cohort …

N Øgaard, T Reinert, TV Henriksen… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose Nearly 50% of patients recur within two years after curatively intended resection of
colorectal cancer liver metastasis (CRLM). The optimal surveillance strategy is unknown due …

Circulating cells with macrophage-like characteristics in cancer: the importance of circulating neoplastic-immune hybrid cells in cancer

TL Sutton, RK Patel, AN Anderson, SG Bowden… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary In cancer, disseminated neoplastic cells circulating in blood are a source
of tumor DNA, RNA, and protein, which can be harnessed to diagnose, monitor, and better …

Clinical application of circulating tumour DNA in colorectal cancer

M Loft, YH To, P Gibbs, J Tie - The Lancet Gastroenterology & …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Liquid biopsies that detect circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) have the potential to
revolutionise the personalised management of colorectal cancer. For patients with early …