Previous study showed circulating tumor DNA levels reflect the total systemic tumor burden. Circulating tumor DNA levels should decrease after complete surgery and could be increase as tumor recurrence. Few study investigated the half time of circulating tumor DNA in lung cancer patients that no criterion has been established of how to use it for surveillance.
For lung cancer patients who received surgery, multiple time of plasma will be collected before or after surgery. A series of mutations will be detected in plasma before surgery based on next generation sequencing. The positive mutation will be traced after surgery and in follow up.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
20
Peking University People's Hospital
Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China
Half-life of circulating tumor DNA after surgery
Time frame: 3 months
The variation of circulating tumor DNA level before and after surgery
Time frame: 3 months
Correlation of circulating tumor DNA level after surgery with tumor recurrence
Time frame: 3 years
Correlation of circulating tumor DNA level after surgery with clinical features
Time frame: 3 months
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