Assessing aneuploidy with repetitive element sequencing.
C. Douville, J. D. Cohen, J. Ptak, M. Popoli, J. Schaefer, N. Silliman, L. Dobbyn, R. E. Schoen, J. Tie, P. Gibbs, M. Goggins, C. L. Wolfgang, T.-L. Wang, I.-M. Shih, R. Karchin, , B. Vogelstein
The paper describes a PCR-based assay for detecting aneuploidy in low DNA samples, showing 49% prevalence in non-metastatic cancers and 80% sensitivity when combined with other biomarkers.
bioRxiv · Jun 5, 2019Cancer Biology