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1 THE LIQUID BIOPSY: fact or fiction? Marc Ramael Huisartsensymposium 28 februari 2015

2 28 Februari 1965 Huisartsensymposium 2015 Tom Jones : It s not unusual RFC Herentals speelt in tweede Nationale Kempense regio in volle expansie

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4 28 Februari 1965

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7 Diagnose van longkanker anno 1965 Huisartsensymposium 2015 Klinische symptomen RX Thorax

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10 Longkanker Huisartsensymposium 2015 Twee hoofd groepen Small cell lung cancer Non-small cell lung cancer

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13 Evolutie in beeldvorming/diagnose Huisartsensymposium : Eerste flexibele bronchoscoop (Olympus) 1977: Eerste NMR researchtoestel voor humaan 1980: CT-scan 1985: Immunohistochemie 1987: bronchoscoop met CCD-camera

14 TURNING POINT 2000 Huisartsensymposium 2015 HUMAN GENOME PROJECT

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16 POST- GENOME PROJECT EVOLUTIE Huisartsensymposium Immunohistochemie op paraffineweefsel EGF-receptor en ALK-eiwit in longkanker : EGF-R mutatieanalyse op paraffine formolgefixeerd weefsel XX:??????

17 BIOMARKERS Huisartsensymposium 2015 Sleutel tot diagnose Sleutel tot therapie Combinatie van diagnose en therapie: THERANOSTICS

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19 EGF-RECEPTOR Huisartsensymposium 2015 Erlotinib (Tarceva) Gefitinib (Iressa) Mutaties in het EGF-RECEPTOR

20 WAT BRENGT DE TOEKOMST?

21 New concept: The Liquid Biopsy

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23 Nieuwe benadering Huisartsensymposium 2015 Circulating tumour cells Circulating tumor DNA (ctdna) Exosome and Micro RNA Secretome = LIQUID BIOPSY

24 Circulating tumour cells

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26 Circulating tumour cells Huisartsensymposium 2015 Indirect method Detection of specific epithelial mrna by rt pcr

27 Directe methode Huisartsensymposium 2015 Aanrijkingsfaze Detectiefaze: morfologische analyse na immunohistochemie

28 CTC: Direct method

29 Figure 2. CTC count using the MCA system. Huisartsensymposium 2015 Hosokawa M, Kenmotsu H, Koh Y, Yoshino T, et al. (2013) Size-Based Isolation of Circulating Tumor Cells in Lung Cancer Patients Using a Microcavity Array System. PLoS ONE 8(6): e doi: /journal.pone

30 Circulating tumor DNA

31 Circulating tumor DNA Huisartsensymposium 2015 ctdna from healthy and tumor cells EGF-receptor gene in lung cancer Therapeutical target in NSCLC Muational analysis Proof of concept : OK Whole exome sequencing with next generation sequencing?

32 Exosomes and mirna

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40 Figure 2. Differential expression of mirna diffpair mir-15b/mir27-b in sera from healthy donors (normal) and from lung cancer patients (cancer). Huisartsensymposium 2015 Hennessey PT, Sanford T, Choudhary A, Mydlarz WW, et al. (2012) Serum microrna Biomarkers for Detection of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. PLoS ONE 7(2): e doi: /journal.pone

41 Secretome- Proteomic profiles Huisartsensymposium 2015 Surface-Enhanced Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (SELDI-TOF- MS) Femto-mole sensitivity Proteins < 20 kda Specific cancer profile

42 PROJECT 2020 PATHOLOGIE DYNamisch Actieplan Kempen DYNAK Farmacodiagnostiek: EGF-R, BRAF, RAS Detectie circulerende tumorcellen Ontwikkeling vroegdiagnostiek kanker op perifeer bloed Nanotechnologie : nanocluster ( 8-15 atomen) visualisatie

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