1. Assessment of high-sensitive methods for the detection of EGFR mutations in circulating free tumor DNA from NSCLC patients.
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Pasquale, Raffaella, Fenizia, Francesca, Esposito Abate, Riziero, Sacco, Alessandra, Esposito, Claudia, Forgione, Laura, Rachiglio, Anna Maria, Bevilacqua, Simona, Montanino, Agnese, Franco, Renato, Rocco, Gaetano, Botti, Gerardo, Denis, Marc G, Morabito, Alessandro, De Luca, Antonella, and Normanno, Nicola
- Abstract
Aim: We assessed the ability of the Therascreen
® kit (plasma-Therascreen) and of a peptide nucleic acids (PNA)-clamp approach to detect EGFR mutations in plasma-derived circulating-free tumor DNA (cftDNA) from non-small-cell lung cancer patients. Materials & methods: cftDNA from 96 patients was analyzed for exon 19 deletions and the p.L858R mutation, using both plasma-Therascreen and PNA-clamp-based assays. Results: None of the 70 EGFR wild-type patients showed EGFR mutations in cftDNA with both techniques (specificity: 100%). In 17/26 EGFR-mutant patients, plasma-Therascreen analysis confirmed the mutation identified in the primary tumor (analytical sensitivity: 65.4%). Similar results were obtained with the PNA-clamp method. Conclusion: Both approaches were specific and sensitive for EGFR mutational analysis of cftDNA in non-small-cell lung cancer patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2015
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