2016
Evaluating Cancer of the Central Nervous System Through Next-Generation Sequencing of Cerebrospinal Fluid
Pentsova EI, Shah RH, Tang J, Boire A, You D, Briggs S, Omuro A, Lin X, Fleisher M, Grommes C, Panageas KS, Meng F, Selcuklu SD, Ogilvie S, Distefano N, Shagabayeva L, Rosenblum M, DeAngelis LM, Viale A, Mellinghoff IK, Berger MF. Evaluating Cancer of the Central Nervous System Through Next-Generation Sequencing of Cerebrospinal Fluid. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2016, 34: 2404-2415. PMID: 27161972, PMCID: PMC4981784, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2016.66.6487.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCentral nervous systemPrimary brain tumorsCerebrospinal fluidCell-free DNACNS involvementBrain tumorsNervous systemCommon malignant primary brain tumorMalignant primary brain tumorRoutine lumbar punctureRelevant genomic alterationsCNS metastasesCNS cancersLumbar punctureCancer-associated genesTumor disseminationHarbored mutationsPatientsTumor evolutionSolid tumorsTumor progressionTumor tissueCancerLiquid biopsyTumors
2013
Rare cell capture technology for the diagnosis of leptomeningeal metastasis in solid tumors
Nayak L, Fleisher M, Gonzalez-Espinoza R, Lin O, Panageas K, Reiner A, Liu CM, DeAngelis LM, Omuro A. Rare cell capture technology for the diagnosis of leptomeningeal metastasis in solid tumors. Neurology 2013, 80: 1598-1605. PMID: 23553479, PMCID: PMC3662321, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0b013e31828f183f.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeptomeningeal metastasesSolid tumorsCSF CTCsCSF pleocytosisLumbar punctureConventional cytologyRare cell capture technologyEarly diagnostic confirmationInitial MRI evaluationRepeat lumbar puncturePresence of CTCsClinical suspicionMRI evaluationPatient cohortDiagnostic confirmationCSF samplesPatientsTumorsCTC resultsTumor cellsPilot studyPleocytosisMetastasisCTCsPuncture