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ESR1 and PIK3CA mutational status in serum and plasma from metastatic breast cancer patients: A comparative study.
Cancer biomarkers : section A of Disease markers - 1 Jan 2018
Takeshita Takashi, Yamamoto Yutaka, Yamamoto-Ibusuki Mutsuko, Tomiguchi Mai, Sueta Aiko, Iwase Hirotaka
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Plasma and serum cell-free DNA (cfDNA) are useful sources of tumor DNA, but comparative investigations of the tumor mutational status between them are rare. METHODS: we performed droplet digital PCR assay for representative hotspot mutations in metastatic breast cancer (MBC) (ESR1 and PIK3CA) in serum and plasma cfDNA concurrently extracted from the blood of 33 estrogen receptor-positive MBC patients....
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