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ABSTRACT: Background
Bronchial washing fluid (BWF) is a less-invasive specimen. Due to the limited sensitivity of BWF cellular component diagnosis, the aim of this study was to explore the potential role of BWF supernatant as a source of liquid biopsy of lung cancer.Methods
This prospective study enrolled 76 suspected and 5 progressed lung cancer patients. Transbronchial biopsy tissues, BWF supernatant (BWF_Sup) and BWF precipitant (BWF_Pre) were tested by a targeted panel of 1021 genes.Results
BWF_Sup cell-free DNA (cfDNA) was superior to tissue biopsy and BWF_Pre in determining mutational allele frequency, tumour mutational burden, and chromosomal instability. Moreover, BWF_Sup and BWF_Pre achieved comparable efficacy to tissue samples in differentiating malignant and benign patients, but only BWF_Sup persisted differentiated performance after excluding 55 malignancies pathologically diagnosed by bronchoscopic biopsy. Among 67 malignant patients, 82.1% and 71.6% of tumour-derived mutations (TDMs) were detected in BWF_Sup and BWF_Pre, respectively, and the detectability of TDMs in BWF_Sup was independent of the cytological examination of BWF. BWF_Sup outperformed BWF_Pre in providing more subclonal information and thus might yield advantage in tracking drug-resistant markers.Conclusions
BWF_Sup cfDNA is a reliable medium for lung cancer diagnosis and genomic profiles and may provide important information for subsequent therapeutic regimens.
SUBMITTER: Zhang X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9727069 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhang Xinyu X Yu Zhuo Z Xu Yaping Y Chao Yencheng Y Hu Qin Q Li Chun C Ye Maosong M Zhu Xiuli X Cui Liang L Bai Jing J Gong Yuhua Y Guan Yanfang Y Zhou Min M Huang Jian'an J Zhang Hua H Ren Tao T Shen Qian Q Wang Kai K Hou Yingyong Y Xia Xuefeng X Pu Xingxiang X Carbone David P DP Zhang Xin X
British journal of cancer 20221017 12
<h4>Background</h4>Bronchial washing fluid (BWF) is a less-invasive specimen. Due to the limited sensitivity of BWF cellular component diagnosis, the aim of this study was to explore the potential role of BWF supernatant as a source of liquid biopsy of lung cancer.<h4>Methods</h4>This prospective study enrolled 76 suspected and 5 progressed lung cancer patients. Transbronchial biopsy tissues, BWF supernatant (BWF_Sup) and BWF precipitant (BWF_Pre) were tested by a targeted panel of 1021 genes.<h ...[more]