Longitudinal HER2 amplification tracked in circulating tumor DNA for therapeutic effect monitoring and prognostic evaluation in patients with breast cancer

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BACKGROUND: Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2(HER2) status is a crucial predictive factor for prognostic assessment and targeted therapy selection, which may be influenced by intratumor heterogeneity and molecular divergence between the primary site and different metastases. Therefore, we performed a prospective study to confirm the concordance of HER2 amplification in circulating tumor DNA(ctDNA) with primary tumor tissue and verified its clinical implications.

METHODS: A total of 105 breast cancer patients were enrolled, and dynamic monitoring of HER2 copy numbers in ctDNA was conducted in 31 participants during the treatment. Totally 186 plasma samples were prospectively obtained and blinded to test HER2 copy numbers in ctDNA based on low-coverage whole genome sequencing(WGS) by next-generation sequencing(NGS).

RESULTS: Comparing HER2 copy numbers in ctDNA collected before the initiation of next line of anticancer treatment with primary tumor tissue, the concordant rate of HER2 amplification was 86.5%(χ2 = 52.901, p < 0.001), with a positive and negative predictive value of 94.9% and 80.7%, respectively. Histopathologically positive, high-level amplification of HER2 copy numbers in the baseline was significantly correlated with best objective response during the anticancer therapy(p = 0.010). Moreover, HER2 copy numbers fluctuated with HER2-targeted therapeutic response, and the patients with a constantly positive level after 6 weeks of treatment appeared to suffer from significantly reduced progression free survival(p < 0.001).

CONCLUSIONS: HER2 amplification in ctDNA, with a concordance rate of over 80% with primary tumors, may be a predictive index for prognostic evaluation and therapeutic response monitoring in a noninvasive, repeatable and practical method for breast cancer patients.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:49

Enthalten in:

Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 49(2020) vom: 20. Feb., Seite 261-266

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Guan, Xiuwen [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Binliang [VerfasserIn]
Niu, Yunyun [VerfasserIn]
Dong, Xin [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Xia [VerfasserIn]
Li, Chunxiao [VerfasserIn]
Li, Lixi [VerfasserIn]
Yi, Zongbi [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Xiaoying [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Hongyan [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Sijia [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Fei [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Biomarkers, Tumor
Breast cancer
Circulating Tumor DNA
Clinical Trial
CtDNA
EC 2.7.10.1
ERBB2 protein, human
HER2 amplification
HER2 copy numbers
Journal Article
Receptor, ErbB-2

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Date Completed 23.11.2020

Date Revised 23.11.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.breast.2019.12.010

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM30526026X