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Title: | Pyrosequencing versus methylation-specific PCR for assessment of MGMT methylation in tumor and blood samples of glioblastoma patients |
Author: | Estival, Anna Sanz, Carolina Ramirez, Jose Luis Velarde, Jose Maria Domenech, Marta Carrato, Cristina Peñas, Ramón de las Gil Gil, Miguel Sepúlveda, Juan Armengol, Roser Cardiel, Isaac Berrocal, Alfonso Luque, Raquel Herrero, Ana Balana, Carmen |
Keywords: | Glioma Marcadors bioquímics Gliomas Biochemical markers |
Issue Date: | 31-Jul-2019 |
Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group |
Abstract: | Circulating biomarkers in blood may provide an interesting alternative to risky tissue biopsies in the diagnosis and follow-up of glioblastoma patients. We have assessed MGMT methylation status in blood and tissue samples from unresected glioblastoma patients who had been included in the randomized GENOM-009 trial. Paired blood and tissue samples were assessed by methylation-specific PCR (MSP) and pyrosequencing (PYR). After establishing the minimum PYR cut-off that could yield a significant difference in overall survival, we assessed the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value (NPV) of the analyses. Methylation could be detected in cfDNA by both MSP and PYR but with low concordance with results in tissue. Sensitivity was low for both methods (31% and 38%, respectively), while specificity was higher for MSP in blood than for PYR in plasma (96% vs 76%) and NPV was similar (56 vs 57%). Concordance of results in tissue by MSP and PYR was 84.3% (P < 0.001) and correlated with outcome. We conclude that detection of cfDNA in the blood of glioblastoma patients can be an alternative when tumor tissue is not available but methods for the detection of cfDNA in blood must improve before it can replace analysis in tumor tissue. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-47642-2 |
It is part of: | Scientific Reports, 2019, vol. 9 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/171453 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-47642-2 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Institut d'lnvestigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL)) |
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