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Identifying biomarkers for non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) is crucial. A new urine tumor DNA (utDNA) method improves accuracy by accounting for the field effect, enabling personalized treatment strategies for NMIBC patients.

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  • Urology
  • Oncology
  • Molecular Biology

Background:

  • Non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) treatment response varies, and reliable biomarkers are needed.
  • Intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is a standard therapy, but not all patients benefit.
  • Urine tumor DNA (utDNA) analysis shows promise but is limited by field effects from normal urothelium mutations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop an improved utDNA minimal residual disease (MRD) approach to enhance specificity by excluding field-effect mutations.
  • To identify molecular predictors of response to surgery and adjuvant BCG in NMIBC patients.
  • To explore the potential of field-effect-informed liquid biopsy for personalized bladder cancer therapy.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of somatic mutations in urine DNA from 261 NMIBC patients.
  • Development of a field-effect-informed utDNA MRD approach.
  • Correlation of molecular profiles with treatment response (surgery and BCG).

Main Results:

  • The prevalence of somatic mutations in urine increases with age.
  • The field-effect-informed MRD approach improved specificity.
  • Three molecular response classes were identified: surgical responders, BCG responders, and non-responders.
  • Distinct molecular predictors for surgery and BCG response were found, including immune activation and mutation burden for BCG responders.

Conclusions:

  • Field-effect-informed liquid biopsy offers a more specific approach for NMIBC management.
  • Personalized treatment strategies can be guided by identifying distinct molecular response classes.
  • This method can uncover biomarkers for multimodal bladder cancer treatments.