Use of Cancer-Specific Genomic Rearrangements to Quantify Disease Burden in Plasma from Patients with Solid Tumors
Publication Date
2010-11ICR Author
Author
Stratton, M
Type
Journal Article
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Detection of recurrent somatic rearrangements routinely allows monitoring of residual disease burden in leukemias, but is not used for most solid tumors. However, next-generation sequencing now allows rapid identification of patient-specific rearrangements in solid tumors. We mapped genomic rearrangements in three cancers and showed that PCR assays for rearrangements could detect a single copy of the tumor genome in plasma without false positives. Disease status, drug responsiveness, and incipient relapse could be serially assessed. In future, this strategy could be readily established in diagnostic laboratories, with major impact on monitoring of disease status and personalizing treatment of solid tumors. (C) 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3145117/Collections
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Genetic Susceptibility
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2010-11
Citation
GENES CHROMOSOMES & CANCER, 2010, 49 pp. 1062 - 1069
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WILEY-LISS