scholarly journals The role of liquid biopsy in the choice of tactics For the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-55
Author(s):  
K.K. Laktionov ◽  
A.M. Kazakov ◽  
K.A. Sarantseva ◽  
E.V. Reutova ◽  
A.L. Arzumanyan ◽  
...  
2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (5) ◽  
pp. 457-464
Author(s):  
Konstantin Laktionov ◽  
A. Kazakov ◽  
Kseniya Sarantseva ◽  
Yelena Reutova ◽  
A. Arzumanyan ◽  
...  

This article describes the potential uses of liquid biopsy for non-small cell lung cancer as a method for determining the mutational profile, as well as minimal residual disease after radical surgical treatment. This paper describes the advantages and disadvantages of this method compared to tissue biopsy. Presented potential applications of liquid biopsy to personalize treatment.


2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (S3) ◽  
pp. S265-S279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matteo Canale ◽  
Luigi Pasini ◽  
Giuseppe Bronte ◽  
Angelo Delmonte ◽  
Paola Cravero ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 3836-3843 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariantonia Nacchio ◽  
Roberta Sgariglia ◽  
Valerio Gristina ◽  
Pasquale Pisapia ◽  
Francesco Pepe ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (S7) ◽  
pp. S838-S845 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hengrui Liang ◽  
Jianbin Huang ◽  
Bo Wang ◽  
Zhichao Liu ◽  
Jianxing He ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-55
Author(s):  
Ahmed Nagy ◽  
Omar Abdel Rahman ◽  
Heba Abdullah ◽  
Ahmed Negida

Background: Although well established for the effective management of hematologic cancers, maintenance chemotherapy has only been recently incorportated as a treatment paradigm for advanced non–small-cell lung cancer. Maintenance chemotherapy aims to prolong a clinically favorable response state achieved after finishing induction therapy which is usually predefined in number before startng treatment. There are 2 modalities for maintenance therapy; continuation maintenance (involving a non-platinum component which was a part of the induction protocol or a targeted agent) and switch maintenance therapy (utilizing a new agent which was not a part of the induction regimen). Methods: The purpose of this article is to review the role of maintenance therapy in the treatment of advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) and provide a brief overview about induction chemotherapy in NSCLC to address the basis of maintenance therapy as a treatment option. We will also compare the impact of maintenance chemotherapy with the now evolving role of immunotherapy in NSCLC. Results: There have been 4 maintenance studies to date showing prolonged PFS and OS with statistical significance. However, Three out of the four studies (ECOG4599, JMEN, and PARAMOUNT) did not report tumor molecular analysis. As regard Immunotherapy, current data is in favour of strongly an increasing role for immunotherapy in NSCLC. Conclusion: Maintenance therapy in NSCLC continues to be an important therapeutic line to improve outcome in patients with metastatic and recurrent disease.


Cancers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 2265
Author(s):  
Elio Gregory Pizzutilo ◽  
Martino Pedrani ◽  
Alessio Amatu ◽  
Lorenzo Ruggieri ◽  
Calogero Lauricella ◽  
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Background: The potential added value of liquid biopsy (LB) is not well determined in the case of small cell lung cancer (SCLC), an aggressive tumor that can occur either de novo or from the histologic transformation of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Methods: A systematic review of studies adopting LB in patients with SCLC have been performed to assess the clinical utility of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) or circulating tumor cells (CTCs). Results: After a screening of 728 records, 62 studies (32 evaluating CTCs, 27 ctDNA, and 3 both) met predetermined eligibility criteria. Only four studies evaluated LB in the diagnostic setting for SCLC, while its prognostic significance was evaluated in 38 studies and prominently supported by both ctDNA and CTCs. A meta-analysis of 11 studies as for CTCs enumeration showed an HR for overall survival of 2.63 (1.71–4.05), with a potential publication bias. The feasibility of tumor genomic profiling and the predictive role of LB in terms of response/resistance to chemotherapy was assessed in 11 and 24 studies, respectively, with greater consistency for those regarding ctDNA. Intriguingly, several case reports suggest that LB can indirectly capture the transition to SCLC in NSCLC treated with EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors. Conclusions: While dedicated trials are needed, LB holds potential clinical roles in both de novo and transformed SCLC. CtDNA analysis appears the most valuable and practicable tool for both disease monitoring and genomic profiling.


Author(s):  
Atocha Romero ◽  
Roberto Serna-Blasco ◽  
Virginia Calvo ◽  
Mariano Provencio

Biomedicines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 48
Author(s):  
Patricia Mondelo-Macía ◽  
Jorge García-González ◽  
Luis León-Mateos ◽  
Adrián Castillo-García ◽  
Rafael López-López ◽  
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Approximately 19% of all cancer-related deaths are due to lung cancer, which is the leading cause of mortality worldwide. Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) affects approximately 15% of patients diagnosed with lung cancer. SCLC is characterized by aggressiveness; the majority of SCLC patients present with metastatic disease, and less than 5% of patients are alive at 5 years. The gold standard of SCLC treatment is platinum and etoposide-based chemotherapy; however, its effects are short. In recent years, treatment for SCLC has changed; new drugs have been approved, and new biomarkers are needed for treatment selection. Liquid biopsy is a non-invasive, rapid, repeated and alternative tool to the traditional tumor biopsy that could allow the most personalized medicine into the management of SCLC patients. Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and cell-free DNA (cfDNA) are the most commonly used liquid biopsy biomarkers. Some studies have reported the prognostic factors of CTCs and cfDNA in SCLC patients, independent of the stage. In this review, we summarize the recent SCLC studies of CTCs, cfDNA and other liquid biopsy biomarkers, and we discuss the future utility of liquid biopsy in the clinical management of SCLC.


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