Nature Communications (Apr 2018)

Whole-exome sequencing of cell-free DNA and circulating tumor cells in multiple myeloma

  • S. Manier,
  • J. Park,
  • M. Capelletti,
  • M. Bustoros,
  • S. S. Freeman,
  • G. Ha,
  • J. Rhoades,
  • C. J. Liu,
  • D. Huynh,
  • S. C. Reed,
  • G. Gydush,
  • K. Z. Salem,
  • D. Rotem,
  • C. Freymond,
  • A. Yosef,
  • A. Perilla-Glen,
  • L. Garderet,
  • E. M. Van Allen,
  • S. Kumar,
  • J. C. Love,
  • G. Getz,
  • V. A. Adalsteinsson,
  • I. M. Ghobrial

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04001-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and cell-free DNA (cfDNA) enables characterization of a patient’s cancer. Here, the authors analyse CTCs, cfDNA, and tumor biopsies from multiple myeloma patients to show these approaches are complementary for mutation detection, together enabling a greater fraction of patient tumors to be profiled.