Circulating tumor DNA fraction predicts residual cancer burden post-neoadjuvant chemotherapy in triple negative breast cancer
Shan N, Gould B, Wang X, Bonora G, Blenman K, Foldi J, Campos G, Walsh M, Du P, Pusztai L. Circulating tumor DNA fraction predicts residual cancer burden post-neoadjuvant chemotherapy in triple negative breast cancer. The Journal Of Liquid Biopsy 2024, 6: 100168. DOI: 10.1016/j.jlb.2024.100168.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTriple negative breast cancerResidual cancer burdenCirculating tumor DNANegative breast cancerPathological responsePost-NACBreast cancerPlasma circulating tumor DNATriple negative breast cancer patientsResidual cancer burden scoreCirculating tumour DNA fractionPost-neoadjuvant chemotherapyPre-NAC samplesWeekly nab-paclitaxelTumor DNA methylation profilesTumor DNA fractionHot spot mutationsYouden's J statisticNab-paclitaxelPre-NACTumor variantsTumor DNATumor fractionClinical trialsDNA methylation profilesPeripheral blood immune parameters, response, and adverse events after neoadjuvant chemotherapy plus durvalumab in early-stage triple-negative breast cancer
Foldi J, Blenman K, Marczyk M, Gunasekharan V, Polanska A, Gee R, Davis M, Kahn A, Silber A, Pusztai L. Peripheral blood immune parameters, response, and adverse events after neoadjuvant chemotherapy plus durvalumab in early-stage triple-negative breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research And Treatment 2024, 1-9. PMID: 39002068, DOI: 10.1007/s10549-024-07426-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchImmune-related adverse eventsTriple-negative breast cancerAssociated with pathological responsePathological complete responseNeoadjuvant chemotherapyCytokine levelsPathological responseAdverse eventsBreast cancerEarly-stage triple-negative breast cancerPatients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitorsB cell clonal expansionMeasured serum cytokine levelsImmune checkpoint inhibitorsGM-CSF levelsPeripheral blood cytokine levelsBlood cytokine levelsSerum cytokine levelsB cell receptorMagnetic bead panelBenjamini-Hochberg correctionSample of patientsImmunoSEQ platformCheckpoint inhibitorsComplete response