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ESMO Open2026;11(8):108334.July 30, 2026Journal Article

Ultrasensitive circulating tumor DNA detection improves prognostication in triple-negative breast cancer postneoadjuvant therapy.

L Cabel1, C Lamy2, C W Abbott3, K C Keough3, N Pouget4, J-Y Pierga5, M-P Sablin2, J Flavius2, T Bronzini6, E Laas4, L Darrigues4, B Li3, F C P Navarro3, J-G Féron4, V Fourchotte4, C Bonneau7, A Vincent-Salomon8, S M Boyle3, R O Chen3, C Le Tourneau9, F-C Bidard10
1Department of Medical Oncology, Institute Curie, Paris and Saint-Cloud, France; Circulating Tumor Biomarkers Laboratory, CIC Inserm 1428, Paris, France.
2Department of Drug Development and Innovation (D3i), Institut Curie, Paris-Saclay University, Paris, France.
3Personalis, Inc, Fremont, California, USA.
4Department of Breast, Gynecological and Reconstructive Surgery, Institut Curie, Paris and Saint-Cloud, France.
5Department of Medical Oncology, Institute Curie, Paris and Saint-Cloud, France; Université Paris Cité, Paris, France.
6Institut Curie, Department of Theranostic and Diagnostic Medicine, University Paris-Sciences Lettres, Paris, France.
7Department of Breast, Gynecological and Reconstructive Surgery, Institut Curie, Paris and Saint-Cloud, France; Computational Oncology, PSL Research University, Mines Paris Tech, INSERM U1331, Paris, France.
8Institut Curie, Department of Theranostic and Diagnostic Medicine, University Paris-Sciences Lettres, Paris, France; INSERM U1339, Institut CURIE, Paris, France.
9Department of Drug Development and Innovation (D3i), Institut Curie, Paris-Saclay University, Paris, France; Computational Oncology, PSL Research University, Mines Paris Tech, INSERM U1331, Paris, France; Paris-Saclay University, Paris, France.
10Department of Medical Oncology, Institute Curie, Paris and Saint-Cloud, France; Circulating Tumor Biomarkers Laboratory, CIC Inserm 1428, Paris, France; Versailles Saint Quentin University, Saint-Cloud, France. Electronic address: francois-clement.bidard@curie.fr.

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Current treatment guidelines for patients diagnosed with stage II to III triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) rely on the use of neoadjuvant therapy (NAT). A critical unmet need is a sensitive test that can inform the presence of distant micrometastases to help personalize postneoadjuvant systemic therapy beyond pathological complete response (pCR). PATIENTS AND METHODS: In this study…

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