ArticleMolecular cancer therapeutics2021
Monitoring Circulating Tumor DNA During Surgical Treatment in Patients with Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors.
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- Precision medicine in diagnosis, prognosis, and disease monitoring of bone and soft tissue sarcomas using liquid biopsy: a systematic review.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2025Pooled it
- Current Evidence for Circulating Tumor DNA in Sarcoma: Challenges and Opportunities for Clinical Application.Journal of surgical oncology · 2026Review
- Neoadjuvant Imatinib Therapy in Rectal Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: A Comprehensive Narrative Review of Tumor Downsizing, Sphincter Preservation, Transanal Surgical Platforms, Functional Outcomes, and Survival.Journal of gastrointestinal cancer · 2026Review
- Circulating tumor DNA dynamics predict pathological response and guide therapy personalization in the neoadjuvant setting.Discover oncology · 2026Review
- Targeted Therapy for Advanced Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: Evolution and Future Directions.Drug design, development and therapy · 2026Review
- Clinical Use of Liquid-Based Comprehensive Genomic Profiling in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors.Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology · 2025Article
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- Digital sequencing is improved by using structured unique molecular identifiers.Genome biology · 2025Article
- Molecular Advances in the Treatment of Advanced Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor.The oncologist · 2023Review
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- Development of Highly Sensitive Digital Droplet PCR for Detection of cKIT Mutations in Circulating Free DNA That Mediate Resistance to TKI Treatment for Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST).International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Plasma Sequencing for Patients with GIST-Limitations and Opportunities in an Academic Setting.Cancers · 2022Article
- Genotyping guided ripretinib directly after the progression of first-line imatinib therapy in advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumor: a case report.Annals of translational medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
The majority of patients diagnosed with advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are successfully treated with a combination of surgery and tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). However, it remains challenging to monitor treatment efficacy and identify relapse early. Here, we utilized a sequencing strategy based on molecular barcodes and developed a GIST-specific panel to monitor tumor-specific and TKI resistance mutations in cell-free DNA and applied the approach to patients undergoing surgical treatment. Thirty-two patients with GISTs were included, and 161 blood plasma samples were collected and analyzed at routine visits before and after surgery and at the beginning, during, and after surgery. Patients were included regardless of their risk category. Our GIST-specific sequencing approach allowed detection of tumor-specific mutations and TKI resistance mutations with mutant allele frequency < 0.1%. Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) was detected in at least one timepoint in nine of 32 patients, ranging from 0.04% to 93% in mutant allele frequency. High-risk patients were more often ctDNA positive than other risk groups (
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