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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER
卷 137, 期 6, 页码 1467-1474出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.29493
关键词
circulating tumor cell; colorectal cancer; cetuximab; panitumumab; biomarker
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资金
- Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca su Cancro (AIRC) [IG 10611]
- European Commission [260791]
- Eurocan Platform
- Italian Health Ministry
A still relevant number of patients with RAS-BRAF wild-type colorectal cancer (CRC) do not respond to treatment with antiepidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) monoclonal antibodies cetuximab and panitumumab, suggesting that additional biomarkers to guide patient selection are urgently needed. Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) may represent such a biomarker. In this prospective study, 38 patients with advanced RAS-BRAF-wild-type CRC received third-line therapy with cetuximab-irinotecan or panitumumab. Peripheral blood samples for CTC status determination were collected at baseline, during treatment at early (2-4 weeks) and at later (8-10 weeks) times. CTC enrichment was done with the AdnaTest ColonCancerSelect kit, whereas CTC detection was done with the AdnaTest ColonCancerDetect kit. CTC status positivity was defined according to the kit manufacturer's thresholds. Fifty percent of patients were defined as CTC positive at baseline and the overall RECIST response rate was 26%. CTC baseline status was not associated with treatment response, whereas early CTC status and CTC status changes during treatment were significantly associated with tumor response. Kaplan-Meier analysis showed a significantly shorter progression-free survival (median, 2.0 versus 4.0 months, p=0.004) and overall survival (4.7 versus11.4, p=0.039) in patients with early CTC+status compared with CTC - ones. In multivariable analysis including classical prognostic factors, the CTC status changes profile during treatment was an independent predictor of both progression-free survival (p<0.001) and overall-survival (p=0.001). CTC status assessed early during treatment with anti-EGFR monoclonal antibodies may predict treatment failure in advance compared to imaging-based tools. What's new? Antibodies against epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) can effectively treat certain colorectal cancers, but inevitably some patients' tumors prove resistant. In this paper, the authors investigated circulating tumor cells (CTCs) before and during treatment. Half the patients had CTCs before treatment began, which did not seem to correlate with the patients' response to treatment. Those patients who developed CTCs early in treatment, however, had shorter survival times than those who acquired them later. Thus, checking for the presence of CTCs early in treatment could help predict treatment response.
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