RASSF1A DNA methylation in bone marrow (mRASSF1ABM) or peripheral blood plasma (mRASSF1APB) of primary breast cancer (BC) patients
S Braun, D Auer, FD Vogl, A Schneitter, D Egle, S Taucher, G Daxenbichler, E Mueller-Holzner, C Marth · Senologie - Zeitschrift für Mammadiagnostik und -therapie · 2007 · Heft 09
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Purpose: mRASSF1APB (Fiegl et al. Cancer Res. 2005) has been described as an independent adverse prognostic factor in primary BC patients, reflecting presence of circulating tumor cells. In a series of 489 BC patients and 84 control patients, we assessed mRASSF1ABM (N=405) and mRASSF1APB (N=405). Methods: Positivity for mRASSF1A was defined as ≥1 ct values below 40.0 in a 50-cycles MethyLight-PCR (triplets per sample) after DNA bisulfite modification against a genomic RASSF1A standard. Results: We found mRASSF1ABM+ and mRASSF1APB+ in 79/405 (19.5%) and 73/405 (18.0%) BC patients, respectively. However, 14/84 (16…