Abstract
Liquid biopsy has improved significantly over the last decade and is attracting attention as a tool that can complement tissue biopsy to evaluate the genetic landscape of solid tumors. In the present study, we evaluated the usefulness of liquid biopsy in daily oncology practice in different clinical contexts. We studied ctDNA and tissue biopsy to investigate EGFR, KRAS, NRAS, and BRAF mutations from 199 cancer patients between January 2016 and March 2021. The study included 114 male and 85 female patients with a median age of 68 years. A total of 122 cases were lung carcinoma, 53 were colorectal carcinoma, and 24 were melanoma. Liquid biopsy was positive for a potentially druggable driver mutation in 14 lung and colorectal carcinoma where tissue biopsy was not performed, and in two (3%) lung carcinoma patients whose tissue biopsy was negative. Liquid biopsy identified nine (45%) de novo EGFR-T790M mutations during TKI-treatment follow-up in lung carcinoma. BRAF-V600 mutation resurgence was detected in three (12.5%) melanoma patients during follow-up. Our results confirm the value of liquid biopsy in routine clinical oncologic practice for targeted therapy, diagnosis of resistance to treatment, and cancer follow-up.
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