Untargeted longitudinal analysis of a wellness cohort identifies markers of metastatic cancer years prior to diagnosis

Andrew T. Magis, Noa Rappaport, Matthew P. Conomos, Gilbert S. Omenn, Jennifer C. Lovejoy, Leroy Hood, Nathan D. Price

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Abstract

We analyzed 1196 proteins in longitudinal plasma samples from participants in a commercial wellness program, including samples collected pre-diagnosis from ten cancer patients and 69 controls. For three individuals ultimately diagnosed with metastatic breast, lung, or pancreatic cancer, CEACAM5 was a persistent longitudinal outlier as early as 26.5 months pre-diagnosis. CALCA, a biomarker for medullary thyroid cancer, was hypersecreted in metastatic pancreatic cancer at least 16.5 months pre-diagnosis. ERBB2 levels spiked in metastatic breast cancer between 10.0 and 4.0 months pre-diagnosis. Our results support the value of deep phenotyping seemingly healthy individuals in prospectively inferring disease transitions.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number16275
JournalScientific reports
Volume10
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1 2020

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