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Detection and Monitoring of Tumor Associated Circulating DNA in Patient Biofluids
Published on: June 8, 2019
Genome-wide cfDNA fragmentation patterns in cerebrospinal fluid reflect medulloblastoma groups
Alexander L Markowitz1, Chetan Munugula1, Eirini Christodoulou1
1Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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Identifying molecular groups in medulloblastoma currently requires invasive biopsies for accurate diagnosis. We analyzed cerebrospinal fluid cell-free DNA (cfDNA) fragmentation patterns in 122 samples as a minimally-invasive alternative. Our analysis confirmed established group-specific copy number alterations and identified distinct fragmentation patterns for each group. Our integrated meta-classifier achieved high accuracy (mean-AUC 0.94) in distinguishing the four molecular groups, demonstrating cfDNA fragmentomics' potential for improving diagnosis and personalized treatment strategies.

