Nature Communications (Mar 2018)

Early circulating tumor DNA dynamics and clonal selection with palbociclib and fulvestrant for breast cancer

  • Ben O’Leary,
  • Sarah Hrebien,
  • James P. Morden,
  • Matthew Beaney,
  • Charlotte Fribbens,
  • Xin Huang,
  • Yuan Liu,
  • Cynthia Huang Bartlett,
  • Maria Koehler,
  • Massimo Cristofanilli,
  • Isaac Garcia-Murillas,
  • Judith M. Bliss,
  • Nicholas C. Turner

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03215-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) may provide a prediction of treatment response, but could be impacted by tumor heterogeneity. Here, the authors investigate ctDNA in CDK4/6 inhibitor treatment in advanced breast cancer, finding ctDNA levels predict progression-free survival and anticipate clonal selection.