Detection of SS18-SSX1/2 fusion transcripts in circulating tumor cells of patients with synovial sarcoma
Joanna Przybyl1, Matt van de Rijn2, Piotr Rutkowski3
1Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA. jprzybyl@stanford.edu.
Abstract:
A recent study on 15 patients with synovial sarcoma demonstrated very low prevalence of tumor-specific fusion transcripts in peripheral blood specimens. Our results in an independent cohort of 38 patients with synovial sarcoma support these findings. Synovial sarcoma patients could greatly benefit from a non-invasive monitoring of tumor burden by liquid biopsies. However, given the low detection rate of SS18-SSX1/2 in circulation, we conclude that alternative markers other than the tumor-type specific fusion transcripts should be considered.
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