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ArticleBlood advances2025

Circulating tumor DNA determinants of response and outcome in relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma.

Leo Meriranta, Rasmus Rask Kragh Jørgensen, Annika Pasanen, Arne Kolstad, Martin Hutchings, Carsten Utoft Niemann, Tarec Christoffer El-Galaly, Jon Riise, Jacob Haaber Christensen, Kristina Sonnevi and 5 more

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Article in Blood advances, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Advances in targeted and cellular therapies for relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma: immunotherapeutic strategies and challenges.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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15 authors.

Leo MerirantaResearch Programs Unit, Applied Tumor Genomics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-6378-5381
Rasmus Rask Kragh JørgensenDepartment of Hematology, Clinical Cancer Research Center, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark.ORCID 0009-0000-7249-2196
Annika PasanenResearch Programs Unit, Applied Tumor Genomics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Arne KolstadDepartment of Oncology, Innlandet Hospital, Brumunddal, Norway.
Martin HutchingsDepartment of Hematology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0003-3873-1741
Carsten Utoft NiemannDepartment of Hematology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0001-9880-5242
Tarec Christoffer El-GalalyDepartment of Hematology, Clinical Cancer Research Center, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-4406-380X
Jon RiiseDepartment of Oncology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-0024-0093
Jacob Haaber ChristensenDepartment of Hematology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
Kristina SonneviDepartment of Hematology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Lone Bredo PedersenDepartment of Hematology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Karin Fahl WaderDepartment of Oncology, St Olav University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway.
Ingrid GlimeliusUnit of Cancer Precision Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-6158-3041
Sirpa LeppäResearch Programs Unit, Applied Tumor Genomics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-8265-511X
Mats JerkemanDivision of Oncology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

abstractClinical tools to guide treatment decisions in relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma (R/R MCL) are limited. Moreover, the translational potential of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) remains largely unproven. We designed and applied panel-based duplex sequencing of ctDNA to study molecular determinants of response and outcome in 58 patients with R/R MCL treated with venetoclax, lenalidomide, and rituximab. Genetic analysis revealed molecular predictors of response that were independent of clinical prognostic factors, with SMARCA4-mutated R/R MCLs responding to therapy, whereas TP53 mutations conferred resistance. Pretreatment ctDNA captured spatial heterogeneity, and its concentration was associated with multiple clinicopathological disease features and survival, independently of molecular predictors. Dynamic ctDNA assessment for minimal residual disease complemented clinical response evaluation and uncovered refractoriness in patients with molecular remission according to contemporary real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction assay. Features of clonal hematopoiesis (CH) at baseline were associated with hematologic toxicity during treatment and poor outcomes on follow-up. Positive selection of TP53-related CH during treatment did not compromise the specificity of ctDNA response analysis, and fragmentation signatures allowed distinction between MCL ctDNA and CH-bearing cell-free DNA. Taken together, we report novel features in MCL ctDNA that reveal new minimally invasive tools that could potentially transform clinical decision-making in R/R MCL.

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Biomarkers, TumorCirculating Tumor DNALymphoma, Mantle-CellAgedAged, 80 and overAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsDrug Resistance, NeoplasmFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMutationPrognosisRecurrenceTreatment OutcomeBiomarkers, TumorCirculating Tumor DNA

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PMCPMC12447437

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