Циркулирующая в крови опухолевая ДНК как маркер резидуальной болезни при раке толстой кишки

Colon cancer is the 3rd most common malignant neoplasm and the 4th leading cause of mortality from them. The majority of patients are diagnosed at stages II–IV, which indicates the need for markers that can predict disease progression, especially after surgical treatment. Recently, there has been a growing interest in exploring circulating tumor DNA as a marker of residual tumor in colon cancer. In 2018, the N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology together with the Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine under the coordination of the Center for Strategic Planning and Management of Biomedical Health Risks initiated a research project entitled “Development of an assay for the diagnosis of various malignant tumors and treatment efficacy monitoring based on the analysis of circulating tumor DNA from patient blood”. This article provides a theoretical background for the project and a report on its progress made so far.На рак толстой кишки приходится 3-е место по заболеваемости злокачественными новообразованиями в мире и 4-е место по смертности от них. При этом в большинстве случаях опухоль диагностируется на II–IV стадиях заболевания, что говорит о необходимости изучения маркеров прогрессирования, особенно после радикального лечения. В связи с этим в последние годы появился интерес к изучению в качестве маркера резидуальной опухоли при раке толстой кишки циркулирующей в крови опухолевой ДНК. В 2018 г. ФГБУ «Национальный медицинский исследовательский центр онкологии им. Н. Н. Блохина» совместно с ФГБУН «Институт химической биологии и фундаментальной медицины Сибирского отделения РАН» при координации ФГБУ «Центр стратегического планирования и управления медико-биологическими рисками здоровью» в рамках экспериментального государственного задания Минздрава России инициировали научно-исследовательскую работу «Разработка тест-системы для диагностики и мониторинга эффективности проводимого лечения злокачественных новообразований различной локализации на основе анализа циркулирующей в крови пациентов опухолевой ДНК». В настоящей статье описываются теоретические предпосылки к инициации данного исследования и сообщается, на каком этапе находится выполнение работы

Optimization of indications for parasternal radiotherapy in patients with breast cancer

Detection of regional lymph nodes involvement is an extremely important step in the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. As with axillary lymph node metastases, parasternal lymph nodes metastases are an important prognostic factor. 1125 patients with breast cancer were under- went to thoracoscopicinternal mammary lymphadenectomy. Metastases were found in 204 of 1125 cases (18,3 %), representing 33,9 % of all cases of regional metastases (n = 601). Median overall survival in patients with internal mammary lymph nodes metastases who received radiation therapy and appropriate systemic treatment was 7,8 years, which is contrary to the earlier experience and is consistent with the results of the last years publications. We believe this excellent result is due to irradiation of the internal mammary nodes, and we believe that the thoracoscopic internal mammary lymphadenectomy should be a part of the diagnostic process in patients with breast cancer

Circulating tumor DNA as a marker of residual tumor in colon cancer

Colon cancer is the 3rd most common malignant neoplasm and the 4th leading cause of mortality from them. The majority of patients are diagnosed at stages II–IV, which indicates the need for markers that can predict disease progression, especially after surgical treatment. Recently, there has been a growing interest in exploring circulating tumor DNA as a marker of residual tumor in colon cancer. In 2018, the N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology together with the Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine under the coordination of the Center for Strategic Planning and Management of Biomedical Health Risks initiated a research project entitled “Development of an assay for the diagnosis of various malignant tumors and treatment efficacy monitoring based on the analysis of circulating tumor DNA from patient blood”. This article provides a theoretical background for the project and a report on its progress made so far