A novel circulating miRNA panel for non-invasive ovarian cancer diagnosis and prognosis

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BACKGROUND: Ovarian cancer (OC) is an aggressive disease, primarily diagnosed in late stages with only 20% of patients surviving more than 5 years after diagnosis. There is a pending need to improve current diagnostics and prognostics.

METHODS: In this study, we investigated total circulating cell-free microRNA (cf-miRNA) levels as well as a panel of cf-miRNAs in the plasma of OC patients (n = 100), patients with benign lesions (n = 45) and healthy controls (n = 99).

RESULTS: High levels of cf-miRNAs correlated with unfavourable clinical features and were an independent prognosticator of patient survival. By mining NGS data, we identified a signature panel of seven individual cf-miRNAs which could distinguish controls from benign cases with an AUC of 0.77 and controls from cancer cases with an AUC of 0.87. Importantly, in combination with the current gold-standard marker, CA-125, the panel could predict early OC with an AUC of 0.93.

CONCLUSION: Our findings highlight the potential of cf-miRNA levels as well as individual cf-miRNAs for OC diagnosis and prognosis that warrants further clinical evaluation.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:127

Enthalten in:

British journal of cancer - 127(2022), 8 vom: 05. Nov., Seite 1550-1556

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gahlawat, Aoife Ward [VerfasserIn]
Witte, Tania [VerfasserIn]
Haarhuis, Lisa [VerfasserIn]
Schott, Sarah [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Biomarkers, Tumor
Circulating MicroRNA
Journal Article
MicroRNAs
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 13.10.2022

Date Revised 28.11.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41416-022-01925-0

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM344512819