Search Results - "Pereira, Michelle R"
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Correlation between circulating tumour DNA and metabolic tumour burden in metastatic melanoma patients
Published in BMC cancer (09-07-2018)“…Circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) may serve as a measure of tumour burden and a useful tool for non-invasive monitoring of cancer. However, ctDNA is not always…”
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Locus‐specific concordance of genomic alterations between tissue and plasma circulating tumor DNA in metastatic melanoma
Published in Molecular oncology (01-02-2019)“…Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) may serve as a surrogate to tissue biopsy for noninvasive identification of mutations across multiple genetic loci and for…”
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Circulating tumor DNA to monitor treatment response and detect acquired resistance in patients with metastatic melanoma
Published in Oncotarget (08-12-2015)“…Repeat tumor biopsies to study genomic changes during therapy are difficult, invasive and data are confounded by tumoral heterogeneity. The analysis of…”
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Detection of clinical progression through plasma ctDNA in metastatic melanoma patients: a comparison to radiological progression
Published in British journal of cancer (01-02-2022)“…Background The validity of circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) as an indicator of disease progression compared to medical imaging in patients with metastatic…”
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Circulating Tumor DNA Predicts Outcome from First-, but not Second-line Treatment and Identifies Melanoma Patients Who May Benefit from Combination Immunotherapy
Published in Clinical cancer research (15-11-2020)“…We evaluated the predictive value of pretreatment ctDNA to inform therapeutic outcomes in patients with metastatic melanoma relative to type and line of…”
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A comparative study of extracellular vesicle-associated and cell-free DNA and RNA for HPV detection in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma
Published in Scientific reports (08-04-2020)“…Purpose: This study compares the detection sensitivity of two separate liquid biopsy sources, cell-free (cf) DNA/RNA and extracellular vesicle (EV)-associated…”
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Circulating Tumour DNA in Advanced Melanoma Patients Ceasing PD1 Inhibition in the Absence of Disease Progression
Published in Cancers (23-11-2020)“…Immunotherapy is an important and established treatment option for patients with advanced melanoma. Initial anti-PD1 trials arbitrarily defined a two-year…”
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Droplet Digital PCR for Mutation Detection in Formalin-Fixed, Paraffin-Embedded Melanoma Tissues: A Comparison with Sanger Sequencing and Pyrosequencing
Published in The Journal of molecular diagnostics : JMD (01-03-2018)“…The identification of somatic mutations is crucial for guiding therapeutic decisions about personalized melanoma treatment. However, genetic analysis of tumors…”
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Sensitive droplet digital PCR method for detection of TERT promoter mutations in cell free DNA from patients with metastatic melanoma
Published in Oncotarget (03-10-2017)“…Currently mainly mutant circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) is utilized to monitor patients with melanoma. promoter mutations are common in various cancers and found…”
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Detection of metastases using circulating tumour DNA in uveal melanoma
Published in Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology (01-11-2023)“…Background Approximately 50% of uveal melanoma (UM) patients will develop metastatic disease depending on the genetic features of the primary tumour. Patients…”
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Monitoring melanoma recurrence with circulating tumor DNA: a proof of concept from three case studies
Published in Oncotarget (04-01-2019)“…A significant number of melanoma patients experience recurrence to distant sites, despite having had surgical treatment of the primary lesion, with curative…”
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The Prognostic Impact of Circulating Tumour DNA in Melanoma Patients Treated with Systemic Therapies-Beyond BRAF Mutant Detection
Published in Cancers (16-12-2020)“…In this study, we evaluated the predictive value of circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) to inform therapeutic outcomes in metastatic melanoma patients receiving…”
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Detection of BRAF splicing variants in plasma-derived cell-free nucleic acids and extracellular vesicles of melanoma patients failing targeted therapy therapies
Published in Oncotarget (03-11-2020)“…The analysis of plasma circulating tumour nucleic acids provides a non-invasive approach to assess disease burden and the genetic evolution of tumours in…”
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Analysis of Circulating Tumour Cells in Early-Stage Uveal Melanoma: Evaluation of Tumour Marker Expression to Increase Capture
Published in Cancers (28-11-2021)“…(1) Background: The stratification of uveal melanoma (UM) patients into prognostic groups is critical for patient management and for directing patients towards…”
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Droplet Digital PCR for Mutation Detection in Formalin-Fixed, Paraffin-Embedded Melanoma Tissues
Published in The Journal of molecular diagnostics : JMD (01-03-2018)“…The identification of somatic mutations is crucial for guiding therapeutic decisions about personalized melanoma treatment. However, genetic analysis of tumors…”
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