Circulating tumor DNA. Modern views about the possibility of use in uveal melanoma

Choroidal melanoma is the most common and highly malignant intraocular tumor due to its tendency to hematogenous metastasis. In the vast majority of cases, the liver is affected. Metastases in uveal melanoma (UM) develop in half of patients on average within 4.4 years after treatment. Currently, sin...

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Main Authors: A. M. Bogatyrev, E. E. Grishina, A. R. Zaretsky, P. I. Semenikhina
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Published: Real Time Ltd 2025-03-01
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author A. M. Bogatyrev
E. E. Grishina
A. R. Zaretsky
P. I. Semenikhina
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description Choroidal melanoma is the most common and highly malignant intraocular tumor due to its tendency to hematogenous metastasis. In the vast majority of cases, the liver is affected. Metastases in uveal melanoma (UM) develop in half of patients on average within 4.4 years after treatment. Currently, single drugs are appearing that can be used for adjuvant therapy of metastatic UM, but these drugs show limited efficacy. Until now, the only radical method of treating metastatic disease in UM is surgical destruction of single metastases in the liver. The review considers the possibility of determining circulating tumor DNA as a highly specific, sensitive, accessible and non-invasive method for diagnosing and monitoring the treatment of oncological diseases. Circulating tumor DNA can be one of the prognostic signs of UM, which helps to form high-risk groups of early metastasis for a personalized approach to the frequency of radiation diagnostic methods and detection of single metastases in the liver. With the emergence of effective methods of systemic drug therapy for metastatic UM, circulating tumor DNA can be used to monitor the effectiveness of treatment. The study of circulating DNA also allows us to determine the mutational features of the primary tumor, which in turn can be used for the differential diagnosis of primary UM and other tumors of the choroid, including metastases of cutaneous melanoma to the choroid. The review considers the possibility of using circulating tumor DNA in UM as a prognostic factor and diagnostic tool, as well as a method for assessing the effectiveness of therapy for metastatic UM.
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spelling doaj-art-296bbadedded46c4ac94ed8e68ff41432025-08-20T03:59:20ZrusReal Time LtdРоссийский офтальмологический журнал2072-00762587-57602025-03-0118113113710.21516/2072-0076-2025-18-1-131-137775Circulating tumor DNA. Modern views about the possibility of use in uveal melanomaA. M. Bogatyrev0E. E. Grishina1A. R. Zaretsky2P. I. Semenikhina3Moscow Regional Research and Clinical Institute (MONIKI)Moscow Regional Research and Clinical Institute (MONIKI)N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical UniversityMoscow Regional Research and Clinical Institute (MONIKI)Choroidal melanoma is the most common and highly malignant intraocular tumor due to its tendency to hematogenous metastasis. In the vast majority of cases, the liver is affected. Metastases in uveal melanoma (UM) develop in half of patients on average within 4.4 years after treatment. Currently, single drugs are appearing that can be used for adjuvant therapy of metastatic UM, but these drugs show limited efficacy. Until now, the only radical method of treating metastatic disease in UM is surgical destruction of single metastases in the liver. The review considers the possibility of determining circulating tumor DNA as a highly specific, sensitive, accessible and non-invasive method for diagnosing and monitoring the treatment of oncological diseases. Circulating tumor DNA can be one of the prognostic signs of UM, which helps to form high-risk groups of early metastasis for a personalized approach to the frequency of radiation diagnostic methods and detection of single metastases in the liver. With the emergence of effective methods of systemic drug therapy for metastatic UM, circulating tumor DNA can be used to monitor the effectiveness of treatment. The study of circulating DNA also allows us to determine the mutational features of the primary tumor, which in turn can be used for the differential diagnosis of primary UM and other tumors of the choroid, including metastases of cutaneous melanoma to the choroid. The review considers the possibility of using circulating tumor DNA in UM as a prognostic factor and diagnostic tool, as well as a method for assessing the effectiveness of therapy for metastatic UM.https://roj.igb.ru/jour/article/view/1729uveal melanomatumor dnadrug therapymetastasestreatment of uveal melanoma
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Circulating tumor DNA. Modern views about the possibility of use in uveal melanoma
Российский офтальмологический журнал
uveal melanoma
tumor dna
drug therapy
metastases
treatment of uveal melanoma
title Circulating tumor DNA. Modern views about the possibility of use in uveal melanoma
title_full Circulating tumor DNA. Modern views about the possibility of use in uveal melanoma
title_fullStr Circulating tumor DNA. Modern views about the possibility of use in uveal melanoma
title_full_unstemmed Circulating tumor DNA. Modern views about the possibility of use in uveal melanoma
title_short Circulating tumor DNA. Modern views about the possibility of use in uveal melanoma
title_sort circulating tumor dna modern views about the possibility of use in uveal melanoma
topic uveal melanoma
tumor dna
drug therapy
metastases
treatment of uveal melanoma
url https://roj.igb.ru/jour/article/view/1729
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