Low abundance of circulating tumor DNA in localized prostate cancer

ST Hennigan, SY Trostel, NT Terrigino… - JCO precision …, 2019 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE Despite decreased screening-based detection of clinically insignificant tumors,
most diagnosed prostate cancers are still indolent, indicating a need for better strategies for …

Detection of ctDNA in plasma of patients with clinically localised prostate cancer is associated with rapid disease progression

E Lau, P McCoy, F Reeves, K Chow, M Clarkson… - Genome medicine, 2020 - Springer
Background DNA originating from degenerate tumour cells can be detected in the circulation
in many tumour types, where it can be used as a marker of disease burden as well as to …

Circulating tumor DNA abundance and potential utility in de novo metastatic prostate cancer

G Vandekerkhove, WJ Struss, M Annala, HML Kallio… - European urology, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Several systemic therapeutic options exist for metastatic castrate-sensitive
prostate cancer (mCSPC). Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) can molecularly profile metastatic …

Circulating tumor DNA in advanced prostate cancer: transitioning from discovery to a clinically implemented test

E Gonzalez-Billalabeitia, V Conteduca… - Prostate cancer and …, 2019 - nature.com
The genomic landscape of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) differs
from that of the primary tumor and is dynamic during tumor progression. The real-time and …

Towards clinical implementation of circulating tumor DNA in metastatic prostate cancer: opportunities for integration and pitfalls to interpretation

EM Kwan, AW Wyatt, KN Chi - Frontiers in Oncology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Plasma circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) represents short fragments of tumor-derived DNA
released into the bloodstream primarily from cancer cells undergoing apoptosis. In …

Evaluation of commercial circulating tumor DNA test in metastatic prostate cancer

S Taavitsainen, M Annala, E Ledet, K Beja… - JCO precision …, 2019 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) sequencing provides a minimally invasive
method for tumor molecular stratification. Commercial ctDNA sequencing is increasingly …

Concordance of circulating tumor DNA and matched metastatic tissue biopsy in prostate cancer

AW Wyatt, M Annala, R Aggarwal, K Beja… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Background: Real-time knowledge of the somatic genome can influence management of
patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). While routine …

Prognostic value of low-pass whole genome sequencing of circulating tumor DNA in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer

M Nørgaard, MT Bjerre, J Fredsøe, S Vang… - Clinical …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Multiple treatments are available for metastatic castration-resistant prostate
cancer (mCRPC), including androgen receptor signaling inhibitors (ARSI) enzalutamide and …

Cell-free DNA profiling of metastatic prostate cancer reveals microsatellite instability, structural rearrangements and clonal hematopoiesis

M Mayrhofer, B De Laere, T Whitington, P Van Oyen… - Genome medicine, 2018 - Springer
Background There are multiple existing and emerging therapeutic avenues for metastatic
prostate cancer, with a common denominator, which is the need for predictive biomarkers …

Technical and biological constraints on ctDNA-based genotyping

C Herberts, AW Wyatt - Trends in Cancer, 2021 - cell.com
Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) enables real-time genomic profiling of cancer without the
need for tissue biopsy. ctDNA-based technology is seeing rapid uptake in clinical practice …