Optimizing Circulating Tumour DNA Use in the Perioperative Setting for Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: Diagnosis, Screening, Minimal Residual Disease Detection and Treatment Response Monitoring

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-20-2023

Publication Title

Annals of surgical oncology

Abstract

In this review, we present the current evidence and future perspectives on the use of circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) in the diagnosis, management and understanding the prognosis of patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (iCCA) undergoing surgery. Liquid biopsies or ctDNA maybe utilized to: (1) determine the molecular profile of the tumour and therefore guide the selection of molecular targeted therapy in the neoadjuvant setting, (2) form a surveillance tool for the detection of minimal residual disease or cancer recurrence after surgery, and (3) diagnose and screen for early iCCA detection in high-risk populations. The potential for ctDNA can be tumour-informed or -uninformed depending on the goals of its use. Future studies will require ctDNA extraction technique validations, with standardizations of both the platforms and the timing of ctDNA collections.

Medical Subject Headings

Humans; Circulating Tumor DNA/genetics; Neoplasm; Residual/diagnosis/surgery; Neoplasm Recurrence; Local/diagnosis/genetics; Cholangiocarcinoma/diagnosis/genetics/surgery; Bile Duct Neoplasms/diagnosis/genetics/surgery; Bile Ducts; Intrahepatic; Biomarkers; Tumor/genetics

PubMed ID

36808320

ePublication

ePub ahead of print

Volume

30

Issue

6

First Page

3849

Last Page

3863

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