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ArticleScientific reports2020

Comparison of Target Enrichment Platforms for Circulating Tumor DNA Detection.

So Ngo Lam, Ying Chun Zhou, Yee Man Chan, Ching Man Foo, Po Yi Lee, Wing Yeung Mok, Wing Sum Wong, Yan Yee Fung, Kit Yee Wong, Jun Yuan Huang and 1 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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16citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

So Ngo Lam *Department of Research and Development, Medtimes Molecular Laboratory Ltd., Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR.
Ying Chun Zhou *First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Yee Man ChanDepartment of Research and Development, Medtimes Molecular Laboratory Ltd., Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR.
Ching Man FooDepartment of Research and Development, Medtimes Molecular Laboratory Ltd., Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR.
Po Yi LeeDepartment of Research and Development, Medtimes Molecular Laboratory Ltd., Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR.
Wing Yeung MokDepartment of Research and Development, Medtimes Molecular Laboratory Ltd., Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR.
Wing Sum WongDepartment of Research and Development, Medtimes Molecular Laboratory Ltd., Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR.
Yan Yee FungDepartment of Research and Development, Medtimes Molecular Laboratory Ltd., Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR.
Kit Yee WongDepartment of Research and Development, Medtimes Molecular Laboratory Ltd., Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR.
Jun Yuan HuangFirst Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Chun Kin ChowDepartment of Research and Development, Medtimes Molecular Laboratory Ltd., Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR. isaac@medtimes.com.hk.
First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer-related mortality of solid tumors remains the major cause of death worldwide. Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) released from cancer cells harbors specific somatic mutations. Sequencing ctDNA opens opportunities to non-invasive population screening and lays foundations for personalized therapy. In this study, two commercially available platforms, Roche's Avenio ctDNA Expanded panel and QIAgen's QIAseq Human Comprehensive Cancer  panel were compared for (1) panel coverage of clinically relevant variants; (2) target enrichment specificity and sequencing performance; (3) the sensitivity; (4) concordance and (5) sequencing coverage using the same human blood sample with ultra-deep next-generation sequencing. Our finding suggests that Avenio detected somatic mutations in common cancers in over 70% of patients while QIAseq covered nearly 90% with a higher average number of variants per patient (Avenio: 3; QIAseq: 8 variants per patient). Both panels demonstrated similar on-target rate and percentage of reads mapped. However, Avenio had more uniform sequencing coverage across regions with different GC content. Avenio had a higher sensitivity and concordance compared with QIAseq at the same sequencing depth. This study identifies a unique niche for the application of each of the panel and allows the scientific community to make an informed decision on the technologies to meet research or application needs.

Indexed as

Base CompositionBiomarkers, TumorCirculating Tumor DNADNA, NeoplasmHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansMutationBiomarkers, TumorCirculating Tumor DNADNA, Neoplasm

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PMID32139724
PMCPMC7057974
OpenAlexW3009789335

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