Utility of cell-free DNA from bronchial washing fluid in diagnosis and genomic determination for radiology-suspected pulmonary nodules

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BACKGROUND: Bronchial washing fluid (BWF) is a less-invasive specimen. Due to the limited sensitivity of BWF cellular component diagnosis, the aim of this study was to explore the potential role of BWF supernatant as a source of liquid biopsy of lung cancer.

METHODS: This prospective study enrolled 76 suspected and 5 progressed lung cancer patients. Transbronchial biopsy tissues, BWF supernatant (BWF_Sup) and BWF precipitant (BWF_Pre) were tested by a targeted panel of 1021 genes.

RESULTS: BWF_Sup cell-free DNA (cfDNA) was superior to tissue biopsy and BWF_Pre in determining mutational allele frequency, tumour mutational burden, and chromosomal instability. Moreover, BWF_Sup and BWF_Pre achieved comparable efficacy to tissue samples in differentiating malignant and benign patients, but only BWF_Sup persisted differentiated performance after excluding 55 malignancies pathologically diagnosed by bronchoscopic biopsy. Among 67 malignant patients, 82.1% and 71.6% of tumour-derived mutations (TDMs) were detected in BWF_Sup and BWF_Pre, respectively, and the detectability of TDMs in BWF_Sup was independent of the cytological examination of BWF. BWF_Sup outperformed BWF_Pre in providing more subclonal information and thus might yield advantage in tracking drug-resistant markers.

CONCLUSIONS: BWF_Sup cfDNA is a reliable medium for lung cancer diagnosis and genomic profiles and may provide important information for subsequent therapeutic regimens.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

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2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:127

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British journal of cancer - 127(2022), 12 vom: 17. Dez., Seite 2154-2165

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Englisch

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Zhang, Xinyu [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Zhuo [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Yaping [VerfasserIn]
Chao, Yencheng [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Qin [VerfasserIn]
Li, Chun [VerfasserIn]
Ye, Maosong [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Xiuli [VerfasserIn]
Cui, Liang [VerfasserIn]
Bai, Jing [VerfasserIn]
Gong, Yuhua [VerfasserIn]
Guan, Yanfang [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Min [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Jian'an [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Hua [VerfasserIn]
Ren, Tao [VerfasserIn]
Shen, Qian [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Kai [VerfasserIn]
Hou, Yingyong [VerfasserIn]
Xia, Xuefeng [VerfasserIn]
Pu, Xingxiang [VerfasserIn]
Carbone, David P [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Xin [VerfasserIn]

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Cell-Free Nucleic Acids
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Date Completed 15.12.2022

Date Revised 18.10.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41416-022-01969-2

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NLM347684106