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The Role of ctDNA in Gastric Cancer

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CANCERS
Volume 14, Issue 20, Pages -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/cancers14205105

Keywords

ctDNA; liquid biopsy; gastric cancer

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  1. National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
  2. Institute of Cancer Research, London

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Circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) has potential applications in gastric cancer for screening, detecting minimal residual disease (MRD), treatment decision making, and therapeutic monitoring. It provides a less invasive and convenient method to capture the tumoural genomic landscape compared to tissue-based next-generation DNA sequencing (NGS), and it has the potential to overcome the challenges of tumour heterogeneity seen with tissue-based NGS. Although the evidence for ctDNA in gastric cancer is still evolving, its potential utility is far reaching and may shape the management of this disease in the future.
Simple Summary DNA release from tumour cells (call circulating tumour DNA) into the blood stream can be found in patients with gastric cancer through a blood test call a liquid biopsy. This less invasive test can assess the genetic make-up of tumours to provide important information on the mechanisms of cancer development, identify mutations which can be targeted with drugs and could be used to screen for patients with gastric cancer. This article will review the current and future uses of liquid biopsies in gastric cancer. Circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) has potential applications in gastric cancer (GC) with respect to screening, the detection of minimal residual disease (MRD) following curative surgery, and in the advanced disease setting for treatment decision making and therapeutic monitoring. It can provide a less invasive and convenient method to capture the tumoural genomic landscape compared to tissue-based next-generation DNA sequencing (NGS). In addition, ctDNA can potentially overcome the challenges of tumour heterogeneity seen with tissue-based NGS. Although the evidence for ctDNA in GC is evolving, its potential utility is far reaching and may shape the management of this disease in the future. This article will review the current and future applications of ctDNA in GC.

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