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KMID : 0311120180590040470
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Yonsei Medical Journal
2018 Volume.59 No. 4 p.470 ~ p.479
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Plasma Cell-Free DNA as a Predictive Marker after Radiotherapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
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Park Sang-Joon
Lee Eun-Jung
Rim Chai-Hong
Seong Jin-Sil
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Abstract
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Purpose: Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) is gaining attention as a novel biomarker for oncologic outcomes. We investigated the clinical significance of cfDNA in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients treated with radiotherapy (RT).
Materials and Methods: Fifty-five patients with HCC who received RT were recruited from two prospective study cohorts: one cohort of 34 patients who underwent conventionally fractionated RT and a second of 21 patients treated with stereotactic body radiation therapy. cfDNA was extracted and quantified.
Results: In total, 30% of the patients had multiple tumors, 77% had tumors >2 cm, and 32% had portal vein tumor thrombus. Optimal cut-off values for cfDNA levels (33.65 ng/mL and 37.25 ng/mL, before and after RT) were used to divide patients into low-DNA (LDNA) and high-DNA (HDNA) groups. The pre-RT HDNA group tended to have more advanced disease and larger tumors (p=0.049 and p=0.017, respectively). Tumor response, intrahepatic failure-free rates, and local control (LC) rates were significantly better in the post-RT LDNA group (p=0.017, p=0.035, and p=0.006, respectively).
Conclusion: Quantitative analysis of cfDNA was feasible in our cohorts. Post-RT cfDNA levels were negatively correlated with treatment outcomes, indicating the potential for the use of post-RT cfDNA levels as an early predictor of treatment responses and LC after RT for HCC patients.
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KEYWORD
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Biomarkers, tumor, cell-free DNA, hepatocellular carcinoma, radiotherapy, treatment
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