Abstract

Background: Circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) may serve as a measure of tumour burden and a useful tool for non-invasive monitoring of cancer. However, ctDNA is not always detectable in patients at time of diagnosis of metastatic disease. Therefore, there is a need to understand the correlation between ctDNA levels and the patients' overall metabolic tumour burden (MTB). Methods: Thirty-two treatment naïve metastatic melanoma patients were included in the study. MTB and metabolic tumour volume (MTV) was measured by 18F-fluoro-D-glucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG PET/CT). Plasma ctDNA was quantified using droplet digital PCR (ddPCR). Results: CtDNA was detected in 23 of 32 patients. Overall, a significant correlation was observed between ctDNA levels and MTB (p

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27192

Document Type

Journal Article

Date of Publication

2018

School

School of Medical and Health Sciences

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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BioMed Central Ltd

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McEvoy, A. C., Warburton, L., Al-Ogaili, Z., Celliers, L., Calapre, L., Pereira, M. R., ... & Gray, E. S. (2018). Correlation between circulating tumour DNA and metabolic tumour burden in metastatic melanoma patients. BMC cancer, 18(1), 726. Available here.

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10.1186/s12885-018-4637-6