Josette Northcott, Gabor Bartha, Jason Harris, Conan Li, Fabio C P Navarro, Rachel Marty Pyke, Manqing Hong, Qi Zhang, Shuyuan Ma, Tina X Chen, Janet Lai, Nitin Udar, Juan-Sebastian Saldivar, Erin Ayash, Joshua Anderson, Jiang Li, Tiange Cui, Tu Le, Ruthie Chow, Randy Jerel Velasco, Chris Mallo, Rose Santiago, Robert C Bruce, Laurie J Goodman, Yi Chen, Dan Norton, Richard O Chen, John M Lyle
We describe the analytical validation of NeXT Personal® , an ultra-sensitive, tumor-informed circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) assay for detecting residual disease, monitoring therapy response, and detecting recurrence in patients diagnosed with solid tumor cancers. NeXT Personal uses whole genome sequencing of tumor and matched normal samples combined with advanced analytics to accurately identify up to ~1,800 somatic variants specific to the patient's tumor. A personalized panel is created, targeting these variants and then used to sequence cell-free DNA extracted from patient plasma samples for ultra-sensitive detection of ctDNA...
March 14, 2024: Oncotarget