ArticleJournal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR2025
Improved tumor-type informed compared to tumor-informed mutation tracking for ctDNA detection and microscopic residual disease assessment in epithelial ovarian cancer.
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- The role of circulating tumor DNA in ovarian cancer.Discover oncology · 2026Review
- Molecular Pathology of Ovarian Endometrioid Carcinoma: A Review.Oncology research · 2025Review
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Abstract
backgroundEpithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is a leading cause of cancer mortality in women, often diagnosed at advanced stages. While first-line treatments improve survival, relapses remain common, with 5-year survival rates below 40%. Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) is a promising biomarker for non-invasive EOC detection and monitoring. It may help assess treatment response, notably microscopic residual disease. Our objective was to compare two ctDNA characterization strategies in EOC for assessing tumor burden during first-line treatment: a tumor-informed approach based on somatic mutations and a tumor-type informed approach utilizing DNA methylation patterns.
methodsIn the tumor-informed approach, whole exome sequencing (WES) was performed on EOC tumor DNA and matched PBMCs from 22 patients to identify tumor-specific mutations. Personalized panels were then designed to track these mutations in plasma cfDNA. In the tumor-type informed approach, differentially methylated loci (DMLs) were identified by comparing EOC samples, healthy ovarian tissues, and PBMCs. A unique custom methylation panel was designed, and a support vector machine classifier was trained to distinguish between methylation profiles in plasma cfDNA from healthy donors and from EOC patients. Plasma samples from 47 advanced-stage EOC patients receiving chemotherapy and 54 healthy subjects were analyzed.
resultsFor the tumor-informed approach, WES identified an average of 72 somatic mutations per patient. For the tumor-type informed approach, 52,173 DMLs were identified as tumor-specific markers. In 47 plasma samples tested by both approaches, ctDNA levels were significantly correlated (R = 0.56, p = 4.3 × 10
conclusionThe tumor-type informed classifier demonstrated sensitivity and specificity for ctDNA detection, outperforming the tumor-informed approach in monitoring EOC progression. Requiring fewer sequencing data, it offers a practical, efficient solution for clinical management of EOC.
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