Thursday, 22 October 2020

Circulating tumour DNA analysis to direct therapy in advanced breast cancer (plasmaMATCH): a multicentre, multicohort, phase 2a, platform trial

 Circulating tumour DNA analysis to direct therapy in advanced breast cancer (plasmaMATCH): a multicentre, multicohort, phase 2a, platform trial

by Nicholas C Turner, Belinda Kingston, Lucy S Kilburn, Sarah Kernaghan, Andrew M Wardley, Iain R Macpherson, Richard D Baird, Rebecca Roylance, Peter Stephens, Olga Oikonomidou, Jeremy P Braybrooke, Mark Tuthill, Jacinta Abraham, Matthew C Winter, Hannah Bye, Michael Hubank, Heidrun Gevensleben, Ros Cutts, Claire Snowdon, Daniel Rea, David Cameron, Abeer Shaaban, Katrina Randle, Sue Martin, Katie Wilkinson, Laura Moretti, Judith M Bliss, Alistair Ring

 

The Lancet Oncology:  VOLUME 21, ISSUE 10, P1296-1308, OCTOBER 01, 2020

ctDNA testing offers accurate, rapid genotyping that enables the selection of mutation-directed therapies for patients with breast cancer, with sufficient clinical validity for adoption into routine clinical practice. Our results demonstrate clinically relevant activity of targeted therapies against rare HER2 and AKT1 mutations, confirming these mutations could be targetable for breast cancer treatment...