Circulating tumor DNA — minimal residual disease (ctDNA-MRD)
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| ID | BIO-CTDNA-MRD |
|---|---|
| Type | Biomarker |
| Aliases | MRD by liquid biopsycirculating tumor DNA MRDctDNA MRDctDNA-MRDmolecular residual diseaseЦиркулююча пухлинна ДНК — мінімальна залишкова хвороба (цтДНК-МЗХ) |
| Status | reviewed 2026-04-29 | pending_clinical_signoff |
| Diseases | None declared |
| Sources | SRC-CIVIC SRC-ESMO-CRC-2024 SRC-NCCN-COLON-2025 |
Biomarker Facts
| Biomarker type | composite_score |
|---|---|
| Measurement | MethodLiquid biopsy (peripheral blood plasma): tumor-informed assay (e.g., Signatera bespoke panel from primary tumor WES) OR tumor-agnostic panel; quantitative VAF or qualitative positive/negative call Unitscategorical (positive | negative) and/or continuous (mean tumor molecules per mL plasma, MTM/mL) |
| Related biomarkers | None declared |
Notes
Lineage-agnostic post-treatment surveillance / risk-stratification biomarker. Two assay families: - **Tumor-informed (bespoke):** Signatera (Natera), RaDaR (NeoGenomics / Inivata) — primary tumor WES designs a patient-specific multi-locus panel; high analytic sensitivity (~0.01% VAF). - **Tumor-agnostic:** fixed-panel ctDNA assays — broader coverage of recurrent driver mutations / methylation signatures; lower specificity for low tumor burden. **CRC adjuvant (strongest evidence base):** - **GALAXY (CIRCULATE-Japan, Kotani et al. Nat Med 2023):** Stage II-IV CRC, post-curative resection, Signatera. Post-op MRD-positive patients had ~22% 18-month DFS vs ~93% MRD-negative. MRD-positive benefited substantially from adjuvant chemotherapy (vs no benefit or marginal benefit in MRD-negative). Established ctDNA-MRD as a clinically actionable risk stratifier in CRC. - **CIRCULATE-Japan ALTAIR / VEGA / CIRCULATE-US:** ongoing randomized trials of MRD-driven escalation/de-escalation. **Other lineages with growing evidence:** - Muscle-invasive bladder cancer (IMvigor010 ctDNA subgroup): MRD+ benefited from adjuvant atezolizumab; MRD- did not. - Breast (early HR+/HER2+): emerging from c-TRAK-TN...
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