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beach sunrise
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ctDNA results

Postby beach sunrise » Wed Jul 21, 2021 12:22 pm

Hi everyone, Signatera results for ctDNA are neg. So, my thinking is the node in upper right lobe is why CEA is still high and I want it out. Surgeon says NO its to small so we watch it. My reply was we take it out, watch it under microscope and see what happens to CEA level. On the hunt for a thoracic surgeon that will take out a 3-4mm node.
Studying the signatera test, this is what I get from it.
The first Signatera test was 2 parts.
First part was testing of biopsied tumor that revealed mutations, clinical trials for the mutations and listed disruptions found in the 440 more listed. How those play out is really anyones guess as their role is not fully understood.
Second part was how many circulating cells found per mL and charted. Here is summary of how it works.
Sensitivity is >95% at 0.3MTM/ml using KAPA HyperPrep library kit by Roche. Customized PCR assays are run to detect positivity or negativity of these variants within circulating plasma. ctDNA is considered postive when at least 2 individual-specific tumor variants are detected.
I have a few questions for my oncologist for sure as this is confusing.
8/19 RC CEA 82.6 T3N0M0
5FU/rad 6 wk
IVC 75g 1 1/2 wks before surgery. Continue 2x a week
Surg 1/20 -margins T4bN1a IIIC G2 MSI- 1/20 LN+ LVI+ PNI-
pre cea 24 post 5.9
FOLFOX
7 rds 6-10 CEA 11.4 No more
CEA
7/20 11.1 8.8
8/20 7.8
9/20 8.8, 9, 8.6
10/20 8.1
11/20 8s
12/20 8s-9s
ADAPT++++ chrono
CEA
10/23/22 26.x
12/23/22 22.x
2023
1/5 17.1
1/20 15.9
3/30 14.9
6/12 13.3
8/1 2.1
Nodule RML SUV 1.3 5mm
Rolles 3 of 4 lung nodules cancer
KRAS
Chem-sens test failed Not enough ca cells to test

Hooandtrue93
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Re: ctDNA results

Postby Hooandtrue93 » Mon Jul 26, 2021 2:11 pm

MTM/ml is not cells. It's tumor DNA. From patient perspective it seems the same (at least for me at the beginning when I learned about it) but CTC = circulating tumor cells. You can have positive ctDNA but negative CTC.
28 year old, son of 62 year old mom
Stage 3B Duodenal Adenocarcinoma.
7/13 lymph nodes positive
02/22/2021: Whipple Surgery
04/08/2021: Port Surgery. CtDNA test sample taken (positive)
04/13/2021: Folfox-6 begins for 6 months
07/16/2021: ctDNA cleared. Continue with 3 more months of adjuvant chemo
09/21/2021: Last cycle of adjuvant chemotherapy.

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Re: ctDNA results

Postby beach sunrise » Mon Jul 26, 2021 4:16 pm

Thank you for the correction. I get confused sometimes! It's so much to absorb so thanks again.
8/19 RC CEA 82.6 T3N0M0
5FU/rad 6 wk
IVC 75g 1 1/2 wks before surgery. Continue 2x a week
Surg 1/20 -margins T4bN1a IIIC G2 MSI- 1/20 LN+ LVI+ PNI-
pre cea 24 post 5.9
FOLFOX
7 rds 6-10 CEA 11.4 No more
CEA
7/20 11.1 8.8
8/20 7.8
9/20 8.8, 9, 8.6
10/20 8.1
11/20 8s
12/20 8s-9s
ADAPT++++ chrono
CEA
10/23/22 26.x
12/23/22 22.x
2023
1/5 17.1
1/20 15.9
3/30 14.9
6/12 13.3
8/1 2.1
Nodule RML SUV 1.3 5mm
Rolles 3 of 4 lung nodules cancer
KRAS
Chem-sens test failed Not enough ca cells to test

Hooandtrue93
Posts: 18
Joined: Tue May 11, 2021 10:28 pm

Re: ctDNA results

Postby Hooandtrue93 » Mon Jul 26, 2021 5:03 pm

Please don't apologize. Far from the top of the list of things we need to worry about.
28 year old, son of 62 year old mom
Stage 3B Duodenal Adenocarcinoma.
7/13 lymph nodes positive
02/22/2021: Whipple Surgery
04/08/2021: Port Surgery. CtDNA test sample taken (positive)
04/13/2021: Folfox-6 begins for 6 months
07/16/2021: ctDNA cleared. Continue with 3 more months of adjuvant chemo
09/21/2021: Last cycle of adjuvant chemotherapy.


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