Circulating tumour DNA—looking beyond the blood

A Tivey, M Church, D Rothwell, C Dive… - Nature reviews clinical …, 2022 - nature.com
Over the past decade, various liquid biopsy techniques have emerged as viable alternatives
to the analysis of traditional tissue biopsy samples. Such surrogate 'biopsies' offer numerous …

Liquid biopsy in gliomas: A RANO review and proposals for clinical applications

R Soffietti, C Bettegowda, IK Mellinghoff… - Neuro …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background There is an extensive literature highlighting the utility of blood-based liquid
biopsies in several extracranial tumors for diagnosis and monitoring. Methods The RANO …

Current perspectives on diffuse midline glioma and a different role for the immune microenvironment compared to glioblastoma

CJ Pachocki, EM Hol - Journal of neuroinflammation, 2022 - Springer
Diffuse midline glioma (DMG), formerly called diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG), is a
high-grade malignant pediatric brain tumor with a near-zero survival rate. To date, only …

Circulating histones to detect and monitor the progression of cancer

DK Tsoneva, MN Ivanov, NV Conev, R Manev… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Liquid biopsies have emerged as a minimally invasive cancer detection and monitoring
method, which could identify cancer-related alterations in nucleosome or histone levels and …

The current landscape of glioblastoma biomarkers in body fluids

S Zanganeh, E Abbasgholinejad, M Doroudian… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Glioblastoma is a highly aggressive brain cancer, and early detection and
accurate diagnosis are crucial for effective treatment. Traditional diagnostic methods have …

[HTML][HTML] Therapeutic avenues for targeting treatment challenges of diffuse midline gliomas

A Noon, S Galban - Neoplasia, 2023 - Elsevier
Diffuse midline glioma (DMG) is the leading cause of brain tumor-related deaths in children.
DMG typically presents with variable neurologic symptoms between ages 3 and 10 …

[HTML][HTML] The promise of metabolic imaging in diffuse midline glioma

S Lovibond, AN Gewirtz, L Pasquini, S Krebs… - Neoplasia, 2023 - Elsevier
Recent insights into histopathological and molecular subgroups of glioma have
revolutionized the field of neuro-oncology by refining diagnostic categories. An emblematic …

Advances on liquid biopsy analysis for glioma diagnosis

P Skouras, M Markouli, T Kalamatianos, G Stranjalis… - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Gliomas comprise the most frequent primary central nervous system (CNS) tumors,
characterized by remarkable genetic and epigenetic heterogeneity, difficulty in monitoring …

[HTML][HTML] Translational considerations for immunotherapy clinical trials in pediatric neuro-oncology

JB Foster, MM Alonso, E Sayour, TB Davidson… - Neoplasia, 2023 - Elsevier
While immunotherapy for pediatric cancer has made great strides in recent decades,
including the FDA approval of agents such as dinutuximab and tisgenlecleucel, these …

Cell-free tumor DNA (cf-tDNA) liquid biopsy: Current methods and use in brain tumor immunotherapy

J Wadden, K Ravi, V John, CM Babila… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Gliomas are tumors derived from mutations in glial brain cells. Gliomas cause significant
morbidity and mortality and development of precision diagnostics and novel targeted …