Trial reportThe Journal of molecular diagnostics : JMD2018
Electric Field-Induced Release and Measurement Liquid Biopsy for Noninvasive Early Lung Cancer Assessment.
Trial report in The Journal of molecular diagnostics : JMD, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.
- Potential clinical utility of liquid biopsy in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer.BMC medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Electric Field-Induced Release and Measurement Liquid Biopsy of Urinary Transcriptomics and Key Proteins from Normal and High-risk Pregnant Women.Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) · 2026Article
- Early Detection of Lung Cancer: A Review of Innovative Milestones and Techniques.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Salivary genetic biomarkers of lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the diagnostic accuracy.Cancer cell international · 2025Review
- Direct detection of 4-dimensions of SARS-CoV-2: infection (vRNA), infectivity (antigen), binding antibody, and functional neutralizing antibody in saliva.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Direct Detection of 4-Dimensions of SARS-CoV-2: Infection (vRNA), Infectivity (Antigen), Binding Antibody, and Functional Neutralizing Antibody in Saliva.Research square · 2023Article
- The Liquid Biopsy Consortium: Challenges and opportunities for early cancer detection and monitoring.Cell reports. Medicine · 2023Review
- Proficiency Testing of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Mutations Detection in Saliva Using Spectrum Saliva Collector (SDNA-1000) and Preservative Solution Detected by Electric Field-Induced Release and Measurement.Biopreservation and biobanking · 2022Article
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- The Role of Liquid Biopsy in Early Diagnosis of Lung Cancer.Frontiers in oncology · 2021Review
- Ultra-Short Circulating Tumor DNA (usctDNA) in Plasma and Saliva of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Patients.Cancers · 2020Article
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- Biochemical Markers of Saliva in Lung Cancer: Diagnostic and Prognostic Perspectives.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Longitudinal Monitoring ofFrontiers in oncology · 2020Article
- Clinical applications of liquid biopsies for early lung cancer detection.American journal of cancer research · 2019Review
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17 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Previously, we detected circulating tumor DNA that contained two EGFR mutations (p.L858R and exon19 del) in plasma of patients with late-stage non-small-cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) using the electric field-induced release and measurement (EFIRM) platform. Our aim was to determine whether EFIRM technology can detect these mutations in patients with early-stage NSCLC. Prospectively, 248 patients with radiographically determined pulmonary nodules were recruited. Plasma was collected before biopsy and histologic examination of the nodule. Inclusion criteria were histologic diagnosis of benign nodule (control) and stage I or II adenocarcinoma harboring either p.L858R or exon19 delEGFR mutations. Plasma samples were available from 44 patients: 23 with biopsy-proven benign pulmonary nodules and 21 with stage I or II adenocarcinoma (12 p.L858R and 9 exon19 delEGFR variants). Samples were analyzed for the EGFR mutations using the EFIRM platform. Assay sensitivity was 92% for p.L858R (11 of 12 samples positive) and 77% for exon19 del (7 of 9 samples positive). Specificity was 91% with two false-positive results in 23 patients with EGFR-positive nodules and 95% for the entire 44-patient series. Concordance was 100% with identical mutations discovered in plasma and nodule biopsy. The EFIRM platform is able to noninvasively detect two EGFR mutations in individuals with early-stage NSCLC.
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