Martel Arnaud, Baillif Stephanie, Nahon-Esteve Sacha, Gastaud Lauris, Bertolotto Corine, Roméo Barnabé, Mograbi Baharia, Lassalle Sandra, Hofman Paul
Ophthalmology Department, University Hospital, Cote d'Azur University of Nice, 06 000 Nice, France.
CNRS UMR7284, Inserm U1081, Institute for Research on Cancer and Aging Nice (IRCAN), FHU OncoAge, Cote d'Azur University, 06 000 Nice, France.
Cancers (Basel). 2020 Nov 6;12(11):3284. doi: 10.3390/cancers12113284.
Tissue biopsy is considered the gold standard when establishing a diagnosis of cancer. However, tissue biopsies of intraocular ophthalmic malignancies are hard to collect and are thought to be associated with a non-negligible risk of extraocular dissemination. Recently, the liquid biopsy (LB) has emerged as a viable, non-invasive, repeatable, and promising way of obtaining a diagnosis, prognosis, and theragnosis of patients with solid tumors. LB refers to blood, as well as any human liquid. The natural history of uveal melanoma (UM) and retinoblastoma (RB) are radically opposed. On the one hand, UM is known to disseminate through the bloodstream, and is, therefore, more accessible to systemic venous liquid biopsy. On the other hand, RB rarely disseminates hematogenous, and is, therefore, more accessible to local liquid biopsy by performing an anterior chamber puncture. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge concerning LB in UM, RB, conjunctival tumors, and choroidal metastases. We also develop the current limitations encountered, as well as the perspectives.
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