Journal article
Detection of ctDNA in plasma of patients with clinically localised prostate cancer is associated with rapid disease progression
E Lau, P McCoy, F Reeves, K Chow, M Clarkson, EM Kwan, K Packwood, H Northen, M He, Z Kingsbury, S Mangiola, M Kerger, MA Furrer, H Crowe, AJ Costello, DJ McBride, MT Ross, B Pope, CM Hovens, NM Corcoran
Genome Medicine | BMC | Published : 2020
Abstract
Background: DNA originating from degenerate tumour cells can be detected in the circulation in many tumour types, where it can be used as a marker of disease burden as well as to monitor treatment response. Although circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) measurement has prognostic/predictive value in metastatic prostate cancer, its utility in localised disease is unknown. Methods: We performed whole-genome sequencing of tumour-normal pairs in eight patients with clinically localised disease undergoing prostatectomy, identifying high confidence genomic aberrations. A bespoke DNA capture and amplification panel against the highest prevalence, highest confidence aberrations for each individual was desi..
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Funding Acknowledgements
TAm-Seq analysis was funded by a philanthropic grant from Perpetual Trustees, Australia (PI NMC). Support for analysis was provided through the PRECEPT program grant, co-funded by Movember and the Australian Federal Government (PI NMC). BP was supported by a Victorian Health and Medical Research Fellowship from the Department of Health and Human Services in the State of Victoria. NMC was supported by a David Bickart Clinician Researcher Fellowship from the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, and more recently by a Movember Distinguished Gentleman's Ride Clinician Scientist Award through the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia's Research Program.