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ArticleCancers2025

Storage Time and DNA Quality Determine

Mariavittoria Vescovo, Maria Rosaria Raspollini, Lorenzo Nibid, Francesca Castiglione, Eleonora Nardi, Dario de Biase, Francesco Massari, Francesca Giunchi, Francesco Pepe, Giancarlo Troncone and 22 more

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Article in Cancers, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

32 authors.

Mariavittoria VescovoAnatomical Pathology Operative Research Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 200, 00128 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6959-3252
Maria Rosaria RaspolliniHistopathology and Molecular Diagnostics, University Hospital Careggi, Via Pieraccini, 6, 50129 Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6630-4881
Lorenzo NibidAnatomical Pathology Operative Research Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 200, 00128 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8583-0596
Francesca CastiglioneHistopathology and Molecular Diagnostics, University Hospital Careggi, Via Pieraccini, 6, 50129 Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1696-5651
Eleonora NardiHistopathology and Molecular Diagnostics, University Hospital Careggi, Via Pieraccini, 6, 50129 Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8408-7646
Dario de BiaseSolid Tumor Molecular Pathology Laboratory, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0609-8817
Francesco MassariMedical Oncology, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
Francesca GiunchiPathology Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
Francesco PepeDepartment of Public Health, University Federico II of Naples, 80131 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2803-9586
Giancarlo TronconeDepartment of Public Health, University Federico II of Naples, 80131 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1630-5805
Umberto MalapelleDepartment of Public Health, University Federico II of Naples, 80131 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3211-9957
Mariantonia CarosiMolecular Diagnostic Laboratory, Pathology Department, Advanced Diagnostics Research and Technological Innovation Department, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Via Elio Chianesi 53, 00144 Rome, Italy.
Beatrice CasiniMolecular Diagnostic Laboratory, Pathology Department, Advanced Diagnostics Research and Technological Innovation Department, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Via Elio Chianesi 53, 00144 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9038-0179
Elisa MelucciMolecular Diagnostic Laboratory, Pathology Department, Advanced Diagnostics Research and Technological Innovation Department, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Via Elio Chianesi 53, 00144 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4908-5271
Matteo FassanDepartment of Medicine (DIMED), University of Padua, 35122 Padua, Italy.
Luisa ToffolattiSurgical Pathology Unit, Ca' Foncello General Hospital, ULSS2 Marca Trevigiana, 31100 Treviso, Italy.
Elena Guerini-RoccoDepartment of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology, University of Milan, 20122 Milan, Italy.
Federica ConversanoDivision of Pathology, European Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, 20141 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0009-0008-6101-9780
Alessandra RappaDivision of Pathology, European Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, 20141 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9180-4757
Stefania TommasiPharmacogenetics and Molecular Diagnostics Unit, IRCCS Istituto Tumori Giovanni Paolo II Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy.
Claudio Antonio CoppolaPharmacogenetics and Molecular Diagnostics Unit, IRCCS Istituto Tumori Giovanni Paolo II Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0009-0009-1705-7875
Pio ZeppaDepartment of Medicine, Surgery, and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, 84084 Baronissi, Italy.
Alessandro CaputoDepartment of Medicine, Surgery, and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, 84084 Baronissi, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5139-3869
Sara GaetaDepartment of Pathology, University Hospital of Salerno, 84081 Salerno, Italy.
Fabio PagniDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, University Milan Bicocca and Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori Monza, 20126 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9625-1637
Davide SeminatiDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, University Milan Bicocca and Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori Monza, 20126 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2166-301X
Andrea VecchioneUnit of Pathology, Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University, 00189 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5497-6856
Stefania ScarpinoUnit of Pathology, Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University, 00189 Rome, Italy.
Daniela RighiAnatomical Pathology Operative Research Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 200, 00128 Rome, Italy.
Chiara TaffonAnatomical Pathology Operative Research Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 200, 00128 Rome, Italy.
Francesco PrataDepartment of Urology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, 00128 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3084-6210
Giuseppe PerroneAnatomical Pathology Operative Research Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 200, 00128 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9538-5729

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundApproximately 25.0% of metastatic prostate cancer patients harbour DNA damage repair mutations, including

methodsThis multicentre study analysed 954 formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue samples from 11 centres, including 559 biopsies and 395 surgical specimens. This study examined the impact of storage duration (<1 year, 1-2 years, and >2 years) and DNA parameters (concentration and fragmentation index) on NGS success rates. Logistic regression and Cox regression analyses were used to assess correlations between these factors and sequencing outcomes.

resultsNGS success rates decreased significantly with longer storage, from 87.8% (<1 year) to 69.1% (>2 years). Samples with higher DNA concentrations and fragmentation indexes had higher success rates (

conclusionsTimely testing of

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BRCA1/2metastatic castration resistant prostate cancerNGS analysisstorage timetarget therapy

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PMID40427202
PMCPMC12110138

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