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Cell-free DNA Concentration as a Biomarker of Response and Recurrence in HER2-Negative Breast Cancer Receiving Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy.

Mark Jesus M MagbanuaZiad AhmedRosalyn W SayamanLamorna Brown SwigartGillian L HirstChristina YauDenise M WolfWen LiAmy L DelsonJane PerlmutterPaula R PohlmannWilliam Fraser SymmansDouglas YeeNola M HyltonLaura J EssermanAngela M DeMicheleHope S RugoLaura van 't Veer
Published in: Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research (2024)
In TNBC, cfDNA concentrations during therapy were not strongly correlated with response or prognosis. In the HR-positive/HER2-negative group, pretreatment cfDNA concentration was prognostic for DRFS. Overall, the predictive and prognostic value of cfDNA concentration was more limited than that of ctDNA.
Keyphrases
  • neoadjuvant chemotherapy
  • locally advanced
  • lymph node
  • sentinel lymph node
  • radiation therapy
  • stem cells
  • mesenchymal stem cells
  • bone marrow
  • free survival
  • breast cancer risk