IMR Press / FBL / Volume 26 / Issue 12 / DOI: 10.52586/5060
Open Access Review
Cerebrospinal fluid as a medium of liquid biopsy in the management of patients with non-small-cell lung cancer having central nervous system metastasis
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1 Department of Chest Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 112 Taipei, Taiwan
2 School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, 112 Taipei, Taiwan
3 Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, 112 Taipei, Taiwan
*Correspondence: jhchiou@vghtpe.gov.tw (Chao-Hua Chiu)
Academic Editor: Yoh Dobashi
Front. Biosci. (Landmark Ed) 2021, 26(12), 1679–1688; https://doi.org/10.52586/5060
Submitted: 14 October 2021 | Revised: 23 November 2021 | Accepted: 29 November 2021 | Published: 30 December 2021
Copyright: © 2021 The Author(s). Published by BRI.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Abstract

The molecular profiling of tumors is fundamental in the management of advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). A tissue specimen obtained from biopsy is needed for diagnosis and mutation analysis. However, this may not be feasible for some metastatic sites, such as central nervous system (CNS) lesions, particularly for repeated biopsy. Liquid biopsy with plasma is an emerging tool for molecular testing and could be a surrogate method if tissue cannot be obtained. However, the use of plasma is limited for the detection of mutations arising from intracranial lesions. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was recently demonstrated to be an alternative material for genetic testing in patients with NSCLC having CNS metastasis. In this review, we discuss recent advancement in the use of CSF as a medium of liquid biopsy in patients with NSCLC.

Keywords
Non-small-cell lung cancer
Cerebrospinal fluid
Liquid biopsy
Cell free tumor DNA
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