Frequency, distribution and prognostic meaning of ALK-partner genes other than NPM1 in ALK-positive anaplastic large-cell lymphoma (ALCL) are unknown. Forty-nine of 316 ALCL diagnosed in the NHL-BFM study group showed no nuclear ALK expression suggestive of a variant ALK-partner; 41 were analysed by genomic capture high-throughput sequencing or specific RT-PCRs. NPM1::ALK was detected in 13 cases. Among the 28 patients with a non-NPM1::ALK-fusion partner, ATIC (n = 8; 29%) and TPM3 (n = 9; 32%) were the most common. Five of eight patients with ATIC::ALK-positive ALCL relapsed, none of nine with TPM3::ALK. Variant ALK-partners are rare and potentially associated with different prognoses.

• Klíčová slova
• ALK positive ALCL, non‐Hodgkin's lymphoma, variant ALK,
• MeSH
• anaplastická lymfomová kináza * genetika   analýza   MeSH
• anaplastický velkobuněčný lymfom * genetika   patologie   MeSH
• dítě MeSH
• fúzní onkogenní proteiny genetika   MeSH
• jaderné proteiny genetika   metabolismus   MeSH
• kojenec MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mladiství MeSH
• nukleofosmin * MeSH
• předškolní dítě MeSH
• prognóza MeSH
• tropomyosin MeSH
• Check Tag
• dítě MeSH
• kojenec MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mladiství MeSH
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• předškolní dítě MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• Názvy látek
• ALK protein, human MeSH Prohlížeč
• anaplastická lymfomová kináza * MeSH
• fúzní onkogenní proteiny MeSH
• jaderné proteiny MeSH
• NPM1 protein, human MeSH Prohlížeč
• nukleofosmin * MeSH
• TPM3 protein, human MeSH Prohlížeč
• tropomyosin MeSH

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma represents a disease with increasing incidence. Its prognosis is the worst among all malignancies despite the aggressive combined multimodal treatment across all stages. In metastatic disease, median survival is approximatelly one year. The mainstay of treatment is chemotherapy (neo/adjuvant, palliative) and in selected subgroups of patients even radiotherapy. Nevertheless, nowadays there are very few prognostic and/or predictive biomarkers available that can be used to identify and better stratify patients based on risk to tailored treatment. Potentially, promising areas of research are circulating tumor cells and circulating tumor DNA, which can be easily obtained from peripheral blood - so called liquid biopsy. They may serve as a tool to assess response to applied treatment, and to detect the emergence of treatment-resistant clones or early disease relapse. Moreover, their study may allow identification of potentially tumor-specific alterations, which may serve as target structures for targeted (tailored) therapy. Alternatively, different prognostic indexes/scores calculated by analysis of selected parameters of blood and/or biochemistry can be used to better stratify patients based on risk and better predict prognosis. The aim of this mini-review is to provide a basic overview of the current state of the art in this area and its potential significance for clinical practice.

• Klíčová slova
• Pancreatic carcinoma, biomarkers, circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA), circulating tumor cells (CTC), liquid biopsy, prognostic index/score, review,
• MeSH
• cirkulující nádorová DNA * genetika   MeSH
• duktální karcinom pankreatu * diagnóza   genetika   terapie   MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• lokální recidiva nádoru MeSH
• nádorové biomarkery genetika   MeSH
• nádorové cirkulující buňky * MeSH
• nádory slinivky břišní * diagnóza   genetika   terapie   MeSH
• prognóza MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• přehledy MeSH
• Názvy látek
• cirkulující nádorová DNA * MeSH
• nádorové biomarkery MeSH