| Title: |
Research Topic: Measurable Residual Disease in Hematologic Malignancies. Can digital droplet PCR improve measurable residual disease monitoring in chronic lymphoid malignancies? |
| Authors: |
Assanto, Giovanni Manfredi, Del Giudice, Ilaria, Starza, Irene Della, Soscia, Roberta, Cavalli, Marzia, Cola, Mattia, Bellomarino, Vittorio, Di Trani, Mariangela, Guarini, Anna, Foà, Robin |
| Source: |
Frontiers in Oncology; 3/14/2023, Vol. 13, p1-10, 10p |
| Subject Terms: |
HEMATOLOGIC malignancies, BLOOD diseases, NUCLEOTIDE sequencing, CHRONIC lymphocytic leukemia, CHRONIC diseases, INTRA-abdominal hypertension |
| Abstract: |
Minimal/measurable residual disease (MRD) monitoring is progressively changing the management of hematologic malignancies. The possibility of detecting the persistence/reappearance of disease in patients in apparent clinical remission offers a refined risk stratification and a treatment decision making tool. Several molecular techniques are employed to monitor MRD, from conventional realtime quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RQ-PCR) to next generation sequencing and digital droplet PCR (ddPCR), in different tissues or compartments through the detection of fusion genes, immunoglobulin and Tcell receptor gene rearrangements or disease-specific mutations. RQ-PCR is still the gold standard for MRD analysis despite some limitations. ddPCR, considered the third-generation PCR, yields a direct, absolute, and accurate detection and quantification of low-abundance nucleic acids. In the setting of MRD monitoring it carries the major advantage of not requiring a reference standard curve built with the diagnostic sample dilution and of allowing to reduce the number of samples below the quantitative range. At present, the broad use of ddPCR to monitor MRD in the clinical practice is limited by the lack of international guidelines. Its application within clinical trials is nonetheless progressively growing both in acute lymphoblastic leukemia as well as in chronic lymphocytic leukemia and non-Hodgkin lymphomas. The aim of this review is to summarize the accumulating data on the use of ddPCR for MRD monitoring in chronic lymphoid malignancies and to highlight how this new technique is likely to enter into the clinical practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
Complementary Index |
