Mohamed Abdouh1, Roger Tabah2, Vincenzo Arena3, Manuel Arena4, Zu-Hua Gao5, Aurelio Lorico6,7, Goffredo Orazio Arena4,7,8. 1. Cancer Research Program, McGill University Health Centre-Research Institute, Montreal, Québec, Canada. 2. Department of Surgery and Department of Oncology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Québec, Canada. 3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Santo Bambino Hospital, Catania, Italy. 4. Fondazione Istituto G. Giglio Cefalù, Pisciotto, Italy. 5. Department of Pathology, McGill University Health Centre-Research Institute, Montreal, Québec, Canada. 6. College of Medicine, Touro University Nevada, Henderson, Nevada, USA. 7. Istituto Oncologico del Mediterraneo, Viagrande, Italy. 8. Department of Surgery, McGill University, St. Mary Hospital, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: We reported that a novel oncosuppressor-mutated cell (OMC)-based platform has the potential for early cancer detection in healthy individuals and for identification of cancer patients at risk of developing metachronous metastases. OBJECTIVE: Herein, we sought to determine the diagnostic accuracy of this novel OMC-based platform in a consecutive cohort of patients operated for suspicious head and neck masses. METHODS: OMCs (BRCA1-deficient fibroblasts) were exposed to blood serum from patients with head and neck nodules before surgical removal. These cells were analyzed for their proliferation and survival. Treated OMCs were inoculated subcutaneously in NOD/SCID mice, and tumor growth was monitored over time. RESULTS: OMCs exposed to serum from patients with malignant lesions displayed increased proliferation compared to those exposed to serum from patients with benign lesions. Only OMCs exposed to serum from patients diagnosed with malignant thyroid neoplasia generated a cancerous mass. The sensitivity of the test was 92%, with only 1 false negative out of 34 patients. Immunohistochemical staining showed that the cancerous masses were poorly differentiated adenocarcinomas with high proliferative index. CONCLUSIONS: These data show that liquid biopsy combined with an OMC-based in vivo platform has the potential to diagnose benign head and neck masses and predict whether a thyroid nodule is malignant. These results strengthen the concept that OMCs can be used to detect circulating malignant factors in cancer patients.
BACKGROUND: We reported that a novel oncosuppressor-mutated cell (OMC)-based platform has the potential for early cancer detection in healthy individuals and for identification of cancer patients at risk of developing metachronous metastases. OBJECTIVE: Herein, we sought to determine the diagnostic accuracy of this novel OMC-based platform in a consecutive cohort of patients operated for suspicious head and neck masses. METHODS: OMCs (BRCA1-deficient fibroblasts) were exposed to blood serum from patients with head and neck nodules before surgical removal. These cells were analyzed for their proliferation and survival. Treated OMCs were inoculated subcutaneously in NOD/SCID mice, and tumor growth was monitored over time. RESULTS: OMCs exposed to serum from patients with malignant lesions displayed increased proliferation compared to those exposed to serum from patients with benign lesions. Only OMCs exposed to serum from patients diagnosed with malignant thyroid neoplasia generated a cancerous mass. The sensitivity of the test was 92%, with only 1 false negative out of 34 patients. Immunohistochemical staining showed that the cancerous masses were poorly differentiated adenocarcinomas with high proliferative index. CONCLUSIONS: These data show that liquid biopsy combined with an OMC-based in vivo platform has the potential to diagnose benign head and neck masses and predict whether a thyroid nodule is malignant. These results strengthen the concept that OMCs can be used to detect circulating malignant factors in cancer patients.
Keywords:
Cancer screening; Head and neck lesions; Liquid biopsy; Metastatic And Transforming Elements Released Discovery; Oncosuppressor-mutated cells; Thyroid cancer
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