TY - JOUR
T1 - Detection and prognostic significance of circulating tumor cells in patients with metastatic thyroid cancer
AU - Xu, Jian Yu
AU - Handy, Beverly
AU - Michaelis, Christina L.
AU - Waguespack, Steven G.
AU - Hu, Mimi I.
AU - Busaidy, Naifa
AU - Jimenez, Camilo
AU - Cabanillas, Maria E.
AU - Fritsche, Herbert A.
AU - Cote, Gilbert J.
AU - Sherman, Steven I.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2016 by the Endocrine Society.
PY - 2016/11
Y1 - 2016/11
N2 - Context: Individual patient prognostication for advanced thyroid cancer (TC) is challenging. Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) have been shown to be a valuable prognostic marker for other solid cancers. Objective: We hypothesized that CTCs are present in the blood of patients with advanced TC and their number can predict overall survival (OS). Setting: This is a prospective study at a tertiary cancer hospital. Patients, Interventions, and Main Outcome Measures: Initial studies were performed with TC cell lines to determine the feasibility of detection using the Veridex CellSearch. CTC enumeration was performed in blood samples from 18 patients with distantly metastatic medullary TC (metMTC), 14 with distantly metastatic differentiated TC (metDTC), and 10 controls with a history of TC but no evidence of disease. The prognostic value of CTC levels to predict OS in metMTC patients was assessed. Results: CellSearch detected cells from MTC and DTC but not anaplastic TC cell lines. Six metMTC patients but no metDTC or control patients had more than or equal to 5 CTCs detected by the CellSearch assay. Median survival in metMTC patients with more than or equal to 5 CTCs was 13 months vs 51.5 months for those with less than 5 CTCs (P = .0116). The hazard ratio for mortality of patients with more than or equal to 5 CTCs compared with those with less than 5 CTCs was 3.95 (1.20-13.0, P = .0245). Conclusions: The presence of more than or equal to 5 CTCs in patients with metMTC is associated with worse OS. Larger cohorts are required to validate the prognostic value of CTC enumeration.
AB - Context: Individual patient prognostication for advanced thyroid cancer (TC) is challenging. Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) have been shown to be a valuable prognostic marker for other solid cancers. Objective: We hypothesized that CTCs are present in the blood of patients with advanced TC and their number can predict overall survival (OS). Setting: This is a prospective study at a tertiary cancer hospital. Patients, Interventions, and Main Outcome Measures: Initial studies were performed with TC cell lines to determine the feasibility of detection using the Veridex CellSearch. CTC enumeration was performed in blood samples from 18 patients with distantly metastatic medullary TC (metMTC), 14 with distantly metastatic differentiated TC (metDTC), and 10 controls with a history of TC but no evidence of disease. The prognostic value of CTC levels to predict OS in metMTC patients was assessed. Results: CellSearch detected cells from MTC and DTC but not anaplastic TC cell lines. Six metMTC patients but no metDTC or control patients had more than or equal to 5 CTCs detected by the CellSearch assay. Median survival in metMTC patients with more than or equal to 5 CTCs was 13 months vs 51.5 months for those with less than 5 CTCs (P = .0116). The hazard ratio for mortality of patients with more than or equal to 5 CTCs compared with those with less than 5 CTCs was 3.95 (1.20-13.0, P = .0245). Conclusions: The presence of more than or equal to 5 CTCs in patients with metMTC is associated with worse OS. Larger cohorts are required to validate the prognostic value of CTC enumeration.
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U2 - 10.1210/jc.2016-2567
DO - 10.1210/jc.2016-2567
M3 - Article
C2 - 27575943
AN - SCOPUS:84994805858
SN - 0021-972X
VL - 101
SP - 4461
EP - 4467
JO - Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
JF - Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
IS - 11
ER -