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Anticancer Res ; 42(11): 5527-5537, 2022 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36288871

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BACKGROUND/AIM: Gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs) harbour genetic aberrations in receptor tyrosine kinase KIT (KIT) or platelet-derived growth factor receptor A (PDGFRA) in 85-90% of the patients. Circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) is a potential biomarker in patients with GIST. Previous studies investigating ctDNA around surgery in patients with GIST presented divergent results regarding the proportion of patients with detectable ctDNA. This study aimed to 1) investigate the feasibility of detecting and monitoring ctDNA pre-and postoperative, 2) compare two different circulating free DNA (cfDNA) extraction methods, and validate results obtained by next-generation sequencing (NGS) using Real-Time PCR technology. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Eight patients planned for immediate surgery or surgery after neoadjuvant oncological treatment were included in the study, from whom blood collection was performed pre- and postoperatively for ctDNA analysis. Furthermore, blood samples from six patients with GIST harbouring a point mutation in KIT or PDGFRA in tissues from primary tumours were used for comparison and validation sub-study. RESULTS: In this explorative study, none of the patients with very low to intermediate risk GIST harboured KIT, or PDGFRA mutated ctDNA in pre-or postoperative blood samples. The methods used for cfDNA extraction gave similar output, and the two methods for ctDNA analysis gave identical results. CONCLUSION: There is no benefit in analysing ctDNA around surgery in very low to intermediate-risk GIST patients. Larger studies investigating ctDNA in patients with high-risk GIST around surgery are warranted.


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Ácidos Nucleicos Livres , DNA Tumoral Circulante , Tumores do Estroma Gastrointestinal , Humanos , Tumores do Estroma Gastrointestinal/genética , Tumores do Estroma Gastrointestinal/cirurgia , Tumores do Estroma Gastrointestinal/patologia , DNA Tumoral Circulante/genética , Mutação , Receptores do Fator de Crescimento Derivado de Plaquetas , Proteínas Tirosina Quinases/genética , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-kit/genética , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-kit/metabolismo , Receptor alfa de Fator de Crescimento Derivado de Plaquetas/genética
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Clin Nutr ; 40(5): 2809-2816, 2021 05.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33933747

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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Sarcopenia is associated with an increased risk of complications to treatment and lower survival rates in patients with cancer, but there is a lack of agreement on cut-off values and assessment methods. We aimed to investigate the prevalence of sarcopenia assessed by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and computed tomography (CT) as well as the agreement between the methods for identification of sarcopenia. METHODS: This cross-sectional study pooled data from two studies including patients scheduled for surgery for gastrointestinal tumors. We assessed sarcopenia using two different cut-off values derived from healthy young adults for DXA and two for CT. Additionally, we used one of the most widely applied cut-off values for CT assessed sarcopenia derived from obese cancer patients. The agreement between DXA and CT was evaluated using Cohen's kappa. The mean difference and range of agreement between DXA and CT for estimating total and appendicular lean soft tissue were assessed using Bland-Altman plots. RESULTS: In total, 131 patients were included. With DXA the prevalence of sarcopenia was 11.5% and 19.1%. Using CT, the prevalence of sarcopenia was 3.8% and 26.7% using cut-off values from healthy young adults and 64.1% using the widely applied cut-off value. The agreement between DXA and CT in identifying sarcopenia was poor, with Cohen's kappa values ranging from 0.05 to 0.39. The mean difference for estimated total lean soft tissue was 1.4 kg, with 95% limits of agreement from -8.6 to 11.5 kg. For appendicular lean soft tissue, the ratio between DXA and CT was 1.15, with 95% limits of agreement from 0.92 to 1.44. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of sarcopenia defined using DXA and CT varied substantially, and the agreement between the two modalities is poor.


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Neoplasias Gastrointestinais/complicações , Sarcopenia/diagnóstico por imagem , Absorciometria de Fóton , Idoso , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Músculo Esquelético/diagnóstico por imagem , Músculo Esquelético/patologia , Sarcopenia/etiologia , Sarcopenia/patologia , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X
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