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ArticleCancer nanotechnology2016

Profiling lung adenocarcinoma by liquid biopsy: can one size fit all?

Harry W Clifford, Amy P Cassidy, Courtney Vaughn, Evaline S Tsai, Bianka Seres, Nirmesh Patel, Hannah L O'Neill, Emil Hewage, John W Cassidy

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Article in Cancer nanotechnology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Artificial intelligence and machine learning in precision and genomic medicine.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Harry W Clifford *OneTest Diagnostics, Cambridge Applied Research, Future Business Centre, Cambridge, UK.
Amy P Cassidy *NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
Courtney VaughnUNC School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC USA.
Evaline S TsaiOneTest Diagnostics, Cambridge Applied Research, Future Business Centre, Cambridge, UK.
Bianka SeresMax Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany.
Nirmesh PatelOneTest Diagnostics, Cambridge Applied Research, Future Business Centre, Cambridge, UK.
Hannah L O'NeillAberdeen Royal Infirmary, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.
Emil HewageOneTest Diagnostics, Cambridge Applied Research, Future Business Centre, Cambridge, UK.
John W CassidyOneTest Diagnostics, Cambridge Applied Research, Future Business Centre, Cambridge, UK.
University of Cambridge · GBAberdeen Royal Infirmary · GBMax Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry · DENHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde · GBUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCancer is first and foremost a disease of the genome. Specific genetic signatures within a tumour are prognostic of disease outcome, reflect subclonal architecture and intratumour heterogeneity, inform treatment choices and predict the emergence of resistance to targeted therapies. Minimally invasive liquid biopsies can give temporal resolution to a tumour's genetic profile and allow the monitoring of treatment response through levels of circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA). However, the detection of ctDNA in repeated liquid biopsies is currently limited by economic and time constraints associated with targeted sequencing.

methodsHere we bioinformatically profile the mutational and copy number spectrum of The Cancer Genome Network's lung adenocarcinoma dataset to uncover recurrently mutated genomic loci.

resultsWe build a panel of 400 hotspot mutations and show that the coverage extends to more than 80% of the dataset at a median depth of 8 mutations per patient. Additionally, we uncover several novel single-nucleotide variants present in more than 5% of patients, often in genes not commonly associated with lung adenocarcinoma.

conclusionWith further optimisation, this hotspot panel could allow molecular diagnostics laboratories to build curated primer banks for 'off-the-shelf' monitoring of ctDNA by droplet-based digital PCR or similar techniques, in a time- and cost-effective manner.

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Cancer genomicsCirculating tumour DNActDNALiquid biopsyLung adenocarcinomaMutationOncogeneSNVTumour suppressor

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