TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluation of liquid from the Papanicolaou test and other liquid biopsies for the detection of endometrial and ovarian cancers
AU - Wang, Yuxuan
AU - Li, Lu
AU - Douville, Christopher
AU - Cohen, Joshua D
AU - Yen, Ting-Tai
AU - Kinde, Isaac
AU - Sundfelt, Karin
AU - Kjær, Susanne K
AU - Hruban, Ralph H
AU - Shih, Ie-Ming
AU - Wang, Tian-Li
AU - Kurman, Robert J
AU - Springer, Simeon
AU - Ptak, Janine
AU - Popoli, Maria
AU - Schaefer, Joy
AU - Silliman, Natalie
AU - Dobbyn, Lisa
AU - Tanner, Edward J
AU - Angarita, Ana
AU - Lycke, Maria
AU - Jochumsen, Kirsten
AU - Afsari, Bahman
AU - Danilova, Ludmila
AU - Levine, Douglas A
AU - Jardon, Kris
AU - Zeng, Xing
AU - Arseneau, Jocelyne
AU - Fu, Lili
AU - Diaz, Luis A
AU - Karchin, Rachel
AU - Tomasetti, Cristian
AU - Kinzler, Kenneth W
AU - Vogelstein, Bert
AU - Fader, Amanda N
AU - Gilbert, Lucy
AU - Papadopoulos, Nickolas
N1 - Copyright © 2018 The Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science. No claim to original U.S. Government Works.
PY - 2018/3/21
Y1 - 2018/3/21
N2 - We report the detection of endometrial and ovarian cancers based on genetic analyses of DNA recovered from the fluids obtained during a routine Papanicolaou (Pap) test. The new test, called PapSEEK, incorporates assays for mutations in 18 genes as well as an assay for aneuploidy. In Pap brush samples from 382 endometrial cancer patients, 81% [95% confidence interval (CI), 77 to 85%] were positive, including 78% of patients with early-stage disease. The sensitivity in 245 ovarian cancer patients was 33% (95% CI, 27 to 39%), including 34% of patients with early-stage disease. In contrast, only 1.4% of 714 women without cancer had positive Pap brush samples (specificity, ~99%). Next, we showed that intrauterine sampling with a Tao brush increased the detection of malignancy over endocervical sampling with a Pap brush: 93% of 123 (95% CI, 87 to 97%) patients with endometrial cancer and 45% of 51 (95% CI, 31 to 60%) patients with ovarian cancer were positive, whereas none of the samples from 125 women without cancer were positive (specificity, 100%). Finally, in 83 ovarian cancer patients in whom plasma was available, circulating tumor DNA was found in 43% of patients (95% CI, 33 to 55%). When plasma and Pap brush samples were both tested, the sensitivity for ovarian cancer increased to 63% (95% CI, 51 to 73%). These results demonstrate the potential of mutation-based diagnostics to detect gynecologic cancers at a stage when they are more likely to be curable.
AB - We report the detection of endometrial and ovarian cancers based on genetic analyses of DNA recovered from the fluids obtained during a routine Papanicolaou (Pap) test. The new test, called PapSEEK, incorporates assays for mutations in 18 genes as well as an assay for aneuploidy. In Pap brush samples from 382 endometrial cancer patients, 81% [95% confidence interval (CI), 77 to 85%] were positive, including 78% of patients with early-stage disease. The sensitivity in 245 ovarian cancer patients was 33% (95% CI, 27 to 39%), including 34% of patients with early-stage disease. In contrast, only 1.4% of 714 women without cancer had positive Pap brush samples (specificity, ~99%). Next, we showed that intrauterine sampling with a Tao brush increased the detection of malignancy over endocervical sampling with a Pap brush: 93% of 123 (95% CI, 87 to 97%) patients with endometrial cancer and 45% of 51 (95% CI, 31 to 60%) patients with ovarian cancer were positive, whereas none of the samples from 125 women without cancer were positive (specificity, 100%). Finally, in 83 ovarian cancer patients in whom plasma was available, circulating tumor DNA was found in 43% of patients (95% CI, 33 to 55%). When plasma and Pap brush samples were both tested, the sensitivity for ovarian cancer increased to 63% (95% CI, 51 to 73%). These results demonstrate the potential of mutation-based diagnostics to detect gynecologic cancers at a stage when they are more likely to be curable.
U2 - 10.1126/scitranslmed.aap8793
DO - 10.1126/scitranslmed.aap8793
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 29563323
SN - 1946-6234
VL - 10
JO - Science Translational Medicine
JF - Science Translational Medicine
IS - 433
M1 - eaap8793
ER -