ABSTRACT
Pancreatic cancer is one of the cancers with very poor prognosis; there is an urgent need to identify novel biomarkers to improve its clinical outcomes. Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) from liquid biopsy has arisen as a promising biomarker for cancer detection and surveillance. However, it is known that the ctDNA detection rate in resected pancreatic cancer is low compared with other types of cancer. In this study, we collected paired tumor and plasma samples from 145 pancreatic cancer patients. Plasma samples were collected from 71 patients of treatment-naïve status and from 74 patients after neoadjuvant therapy (NAT). Genomic profiling of tumor DNA and plasma samples was conducted using targeted next-generation sequencing (NGS). Somatic mutations were detected in 85% (123/145) of tumors. ctDNA was detected in 39% (28/71) and 31% (23/74) of treatment-naïve and after-NAT groups, respectively, without referring to the information of tumor profiles. With a tumor-informed approach (TIA), ctDNA detection rate improved to 56% (40/71) and 36% (27/74) in treatment-naïve and after-NAT groups, respectively, with the detection rate significantly improved (p = 0.0165) among the treatment-naïve group compared to the after-NAT group. Cases who had detectable plasma ctDNA concordant to the corresponding tumor showed significantly shorter recurrence-free survival (RFS) (p = 0.0010). We demonstrated that TIA improves ctDNA detection rate in pancreatic cancer, and that ctDNA could be a potential prognostic biomarker for recurrence risk prediction.
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Circulating Tumor DNA , Pancreatic Neoplasms , Biomarkers, Tumor/genetics , Circulating Tumor DNA/genetics , High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing , Humans , Mutation , Pancreatic Neoplasms/diagnosis , Pancreatic Neoplasms/genetics , Pancreatic Neoplasms/surgery , Pancreatic NeoplasmsABSTRACT
The title cyclo-metalated platinum(II) complex with 2-(4-bromo-phen-yl)pyridinato and acetyl-acetonato ligands, [Pt(C11H7BrN)(C5H7O2)], consists of two crystallographically non-equivalent dimers, each stacked by π-π inter-actions with distances of ≃ 3.4â Å. In both dimers, the platinum(II) complexes are arranged anti-parallel to each other. Each complex exhibits a slightly distorted square-planar coordination environment around the central Pt(II) atom. The dihedral angles between two chelate rings including the Pt(II) atom in these complexes are 0.08â (12) and 1.54â (9)°.
