Circulating tumor DNA tracking through driver mutations as a liquid biopsy-based biomarker for uveal melanoma.
Prisca BustamanteThupten TseringJacqueline CoblentzChristina MastromonacoMohamed AbdouhCristina FonsecaRita P ProençaNadya BlanchardClaude Laure DugéRafaella Atherino Schmidt AndujarEmma YouhnovskaMiguel N BurnierSonia A CallejoJulia Valdemarin BurnierPublished in: Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR (2021)
We report, for the first time, compelling evidence from in vitro assays, and in vivo animal model and clinical specimens for the potential of mutated ctDNA as a biomarker of UM progression. These findings pave the way towards the implementation of a liquid biopsy to detect and monitor UM tumors.