These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: BRAF V600E mutations in urine and plasma cell-free DNA from patients with Erdheim-Chester disease.
    Author: Janku F, Vibat CR, Kosco K, Holley VR, Cabrilo G, Meric-Bernstam F, Stepanek VM, Lin PP, Leppin L, Hassaine L, Poole JC, Kurzrock R, Erlander MG.
    Journal: Oncotarget; 2014 Jun 15; 5(11):3607-10. PubMed ID: 25003820.
    Abstract:
    Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) is a rare histiocytosis with a high prevalence of BRAF V600E mutation (>50% of patients). Patients with BRAF-mutant ECD can respond to BRAF inhibitors. Unfortunately, the lack of adequate archival tissue often precludes BRAF testing. We hypothesized that cell-free DNA (cfDNA) from plasma or urine can offer an alternative source of biologic material for testing. We tested for BRAF V600E mutation in cfDNA from the plasma and urine of 6 ECD patients. In patients with available archival tissue, the result of BRAF mutation analysis was concordant with plasma and urine cfDNA results in all 3 patients (100% agreement, kappa 1.00). In all 6 patients, BRAF mutation analysis of plasma and urine cfDNA was concordant in 5 of 6 patients (83% agreement, kappa 0.67). Testing for BRAF V600E mutation in plasma and urine cfDNA should be further investigated as an alternative to archival tissue mutation analysis.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]