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An ultrasensitive method for quantitating circulating tumor DNA with broad patient coverage

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Newman, Aaron M, Bratman, Scott V, To, Jacqueline, Wynne, Jacob F, Eclov, Neville C W, Modlin, Leslie A, Liu, Chih Long, Neal, Joel W +6 more·2014·Nature Medicine

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Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) is a promising biomarker for noninvasive assessment of cancer burden, but existing ctDNA detection methods have insufficient sensitivity or patient coverage for broad clinical applicability. Here we introduce cancer personalized profiling by deep sequencing (CAPP-Seq), an economical and ultrasensitive method for quantifying ctDNA. We implemented CAPP-Seq for non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with a design covering multiple classes of somatic alterations that identified mutations in >95% of tumors. We detected ctDNA in 100% of patients with stage II-IV NSCLC and in 50% of patients with stage I, with 96% specificity for mutant allele fractions down to ∼0.02%. Levels of ctDNA were highly correlated with tumor volume and distinguished between residual disease and treatment-related imaging changes, and measurement of ctDNA levels allowed for earlier response assessment than radiographic approaches. Finally, we evaluated biopsy-free tumor screening and genotyping with CAPP-Seq. We envision that CAPP-Seq could be routinely applied clinically to detect and monitor diverse malignancies, thus facilitating personalized cancer therapy.

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Newman, A. M., Bratman, S. V., To, J., Wynne, J. F., Eclov, N. C. W., Modlin, L. A., Liu, C. L., Neal, J. W., Wakelee, H. A., Merritt, R. E., Shrager, J. B., Loo, B. W., Alizadeh, A. A., & Diehn, M.
Affiliations
  • Stanford Cancer Institute (US)
  • Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine (US)
  • Stanford University (US)
  • Stanford Medicine (US)
Corresponding author
  • Alizadeh, Ash A
  • Diehn, Maximilian
Venue
Nature Medicine
Published
2014-04-06
Volume
20
Issue
5
Pages
548-554
ISSN
  • 1078-8956 (ISSN-L)
  • 1546-170X
OpenAlex
W1983466841
Cited by
2,220
References
59
Citations by year
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FWCI
53.75
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Nature Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Cancer Institute (1-DP2-CA186569, DP2CA186569, T32CA009302)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Circular RNAs in diseases
Keywords
circulating tumor DNA, CAPP-Seq, liquid biopsy, non-small cell lung cancer, somatic mutations, tumor volume, treatment response assessment, tumor genotyping, precision oncology, early-stage cancer detection
MeSH terms
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung, DNA, Neoplasm, Humans, Neoplastic Cells, Circulating, Neoplasm Staging, Neoplasms, Biomarkers, Tumor, High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing

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