2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Development of liquid biopsy method for breast cancer clinical application.
| Project/Area Number |
17K16511
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
General surgery
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| Research Institution | Kumamoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Research Collaborator |
Iwase Hirotaka
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| Project Period (FY) |
2017-04-01 – 2019-03-31
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| Keywords | liquid biopsy / metastatic breast cancer / ESR1 / PIK3CA / HER2 / ddPCR |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In order to treat ER-positive advanced / recurrent breast cancer patients more effectively with endocrine therapy, elucidation of genotypes involved in endocrine therapy resistance has attracted attention. Here, as a development of the liquid biopsy method, we performed genetic analysis (ESR1, PIK3CA, AKT1, HER2) of blood samples of patients with ER positive metastatic / recurrence stocked in our department using Digital PCR. The ESR1 and PIK3CA mutations were found to be useful as therapeutic effect prediction and therapeutic effect monitoring tools. In addition, it has been reported that the HER2 mutation may contribute to endocrine therapy resistance, and we are also examining its clinical significance.
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| Free Research Field |
乳癌
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
腫瘍組織生検に加えて、非浸襲的で連続的に患者の遺伝子情報を取得できるLiquid biopsy（血液、尿など）の臨床応用が検討され、肺がんでは既に実用化されている。乳癌でもLiquid biopsyの臨床応用へ向けて、臨床試験が組まれ、その有用性が明らかとなってきている。今回我々は内分泌療法耐性に関わる遺伝子達に注目し、ER陽性進行、再発乳癌において、ESR1変異およびPIK3CA変異が治療効果を予測するのに有用な因子であることを明らかにした。今後これらの遺伝子変異を計測するにより、対象者により効果的な治療を提供することができる可能性を示した。
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