dc.contributor.author | Schmidt, Henri | |
dc.contributor.author | Kulasinghe, Arutha | |
dc.contributor.author | Allcock, Richard JN | |
dc.contributor.author | Tan, Lit Yeen | |
dc.contributor.author | Mokany, Elisa | |
dc.contributor.author | Kenny, Liz | |
dc.contributor.author | Punyadeera, Chamindie | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-02-07T05:51:42Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-02-07T05:51:42Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2075-4418 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/diagnostics8040079 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/412084 | |
dc.description.abstract | BACKGROUND: PIK3CA pathways are the most frequently mutated oncogenic pathway in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), including virally driven HNCs. PIK3CA is involved in the PI3K-PTEN-mTOR signalling pathway. PIK3CA has been implicated in HNSCC progression and PIK3CA mutations may serve as predictive biomarkers for therapy selection. Circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) derived from necrotic and apoptotic tumour cells are thought to harbour tumour-specific genetic alterations. As such, the detection of PIK3CA alterations detected by ctDNA holds promise as a potential biomarker in HNSCC. METHODS: Blood samples from treatment naïve HNSCC patients (n = 29) were interrogated for a commonly mutated PIK3CA hotspot mutation using low cost allele-specific Plex-PCRTM technology. RESULTS: In this pilot, cross sectional study, PIK3CA E545K mutation was detected in the plasma samples of 9/29 HNSCC patients using the Plex-PCRTM technology. CONCLUSION: The results of this pilot study support the notion of using allele-specific technologies for cost-effective testing of ctDNA, and further assert the potential utility of ctDNA in HNSCC. | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.publisher | MDPI | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 79 | |
dc.relation.ispartofissue | 4 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | Diagnostics | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 8 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Oncology and carcinogenesis | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 3211 | |
dc.subject.keywords | Science & Technology | |
dc.subject.keywords | Life Sciences & Biomedicine | |
dc.subject.keywords | Medicine, General & Internal | |
dc.subject.keywords | General & Internal Medicine | |
dc.subject.keywords | circulating tumour (ctDNA) | |
dc.title | A Pilot Study to Non-Invasively Track PIK3CA Mutation in Head and Neck Cancer | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | |
dcterms.bibliographicCitation | Schmidt, H; Kulasinghe, A; Allcock, RJN; Tan, LY; Mokany, E; Kenny, L; Punyadeera, C, A Pilot Study to Non-Invasively Track PIK3CA Mutation in Head and Neck Cancer, Diagnostics, 2018, 8 (4), pp. 79 | |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2018-11-26 | |
dcterms.license | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
dc.date.updated | 2022-02-07T05:48:15Z | |
dc.description.version | Version of Record (VoR) | |
gro.rights.copyright | © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | |
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gro.griffith.author | Punyadeera, Chamindie | |