DNA Methylation Markers for Breast Cancer Detection in the Developing World.
Bradley M DownsClaudia Mercado-RodriguezAshley Cimino-MathewsChuang ChenJing-Ping YuanEunice Van Den BergLeslie M CopeFernando SchmittGary M TseSyed Z AliDanielle Meir-LeviRupali SoodJuanjuan LiAndrea L RichardsonMarina B MosunjacMonica RizzoSuzana TulacKriszten J KocmondTimothy de GuzmanEdwin W LaiBrian RheesMichael BatesAntonio C WolffEdward GabrielsonSusan C HarveyChristopher B UmbrichtKala VisvanathanMary Jo FacklerSaraswati SukumarPublished in: Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research (2019)
We developed and piloted a fast and accurate methylation marker-based automated cartridge system to detect breast cancer in FNA samples. This quick ancillary test has the potential to prioritize cancer over benign tissues for expedited pathologic evaluation in poorly resourced countries.