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ArticleCancer science2025

Comprehensive Genome Profiling-Initiated Tumor-Informed Circulating Tumor DNA Monitoring for Patients With Advanced Cancer.

Taiga Sasaki, Hayato Hiraki, Akiko Yashima-Abo, Hiromi Nagashima, Fumitaka Endo, Mizunori Yaegashi, Shimpei Miura, Keiko Obata, Naoki Yanagawa, Hiroaki Itamochi and 3 more

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Article in Cancer science, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Circulating tumor DNA-based detection of molecular residual disease in isocitrate dehydrogenase-mutant cholangiocarcinoma for biomarker-guided therapy.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors.

Taiga SasakiDivision of Biomedical Research and Development, Iwate Medical University Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Yahaba, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0203-8604
Hayato HirakiDivision of Biomedical Research and Development, Iwate Medical University Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Yahaba, Japan.
Akiko Yashima-AboDivision of Biomedical Research and Development, Iwate Medical University Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Yahaba, Japan.
Hiromi NagashimaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, Yahaba, Japan.
Fumitaka EndoDepartment of Clinical Oncology, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, Yahaba, Japan.
Mizunori YaegashiDepartment of Surgery, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, Yahaba, Japan.
Shimpei MiuraDepartment of Dermatology, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, Yahaba, Japan.
Keiko ObataDepartment of Clinical Genetics, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, Yahaba, Japan.
Naoki YanagawaDepartment of Diagnostic Pathology, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, Yahaba, Japan.
Hiroaki ItamochiDepartment of Clinical Oncology, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, Yahaba, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7417-8595
Hidekazu ShirotaDepartment of Medical Oncology, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9154-9004
Takeshi IwayaDepartment of Clinical Oncology, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, Yahaba, Japan.
Satoshi S NishizukaDivision of Biomedical Research and Development, Iwate Medical University Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Yahaba, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9178-790X

Funding

Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development 24ck0106825h0002Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 21K07223
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In Japan, comprehensive genome profiling (CGP) as a companion diagnostic (CDx) has been covered by public insurance since June 2019, but the proportion of patients with cancer who actually received drug therapy based on CGP data is low. In the present study, we attempted to use CGP as a starting point for tumor-informed circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) monitoring. We retrospectively validated 219 patients with malignant tumors who underwent CGP at Iwate Medical University Hospital between October 2019 and April 2023 in terms of patient demographics, genetic analysis, drug recommendations, and drug administration rate. The 219 cancer cases analyzed by CGP for 27 target organs, including prostate (n = 27, 12.3%), colorectal (n = 25, 11.4%), lung (n = 19, 8.7%), and other neoplasms (n = 148, 67.6%). Among the cohort, only 14 cases (6.4%) subsequently were able to undertake the recommended action by Molecular Tumor Board. Of patients who underwent ctDNA monitoring based on somatic mutations identified by CGP (n = 11), clinical validity was confirmed in terms of early relapse prediction (n = 5, 45.5%), treatment response evaluation (n = 10, 90.9%), and no relapse/regrowth corroboration (n = 2, 18.2%) whereas 90.9% (n = 10) of patients obtained information with at least one source of the clinical validity. Although the current rate of CGP contributing to a drug recommendation is low, CGP results can be an alternate resource for tumor-informed longitudinal ctDNA monitoring to provide information concerning early relapse prediction, treatment response evaluation, and no relapse/regrowth corroboration.

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Biomarkers, TumorCirculating Tumor DNANeoplasmsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansJapanMaleMiddle AgedMutationRetrospective StudiesBiomarkers, TumorCirculating Tumor DNAcomprehensive genome profilingDigital PCRtumor‐informed ctDNA monitoring

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PMID39757125
PMCPMC11875764

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