2024
Comparative Analysis of Ficoll-Hypaque and CytoLyt® Techniques for Blood Removal in Breast Cancer Malignant Effusions: Effects on RNA Quality and Sequencing Outcomes
Sura G, Tran K, Trevarton A, Marczyk M, Fu C, Du L, Qu J, Lau R, Tasto A, Gould R, Tinnirello A, Sinn B, Pusztai L, Hatzis C, Symmans W. Comparative Analysis of Ficoll-Hypaque and CytoLyt® Techniques for Blood Removal in Breast Cancer Malignant Effusions: Effects on RNA Quality and Sequencing Outcomes. Journal Of The American Society Of Cytopathology 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasc.2024.11.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRNA integrity numberRNA qualityRNA-seqMeasurement of gene expressionRNA-seq analysisMetastatic breast cancerFicoll-Hypaque methodDensity gradient enrichmentSequence dataRead-basedVariant detectionMalignant effusionsCytospin slidesFresh frozen samplesRNA fragmentsTranscript abundanceSequencing outcomesSequencing methodsBreast cancerRNA sequencingFicoll-HypaqueUMI-basedGene expressionRNAMalignant effusion specimens
2023
Assessment of stained direct cytology smears of breast cancer for whole transcriptome and targeted messenger RNA sequencing
Marczyk M, Fu C, Lau R, Du L, Trevarton A, Sinn B, Gould R, Pusztai L, Hatzis C, Symmans W. Assessment of stained direct cytology smears of breast cancer for whole transcriptome and targeted messenger RNA sequencing. Cancer Cytopathology 2023, 131: 289-299. PMID: 36650408, PMCID: PMC10614161, DOI: 10.1002/cncy.22679.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCytology smearsBreast cancerConcordance correlation coefficientTumor tissue samplesParaffin-embedded sectionsClinical diagnostic proceduresSurgical resectionRNA sequencingTumor stromaCytologic specimensDiagnostic proceduresLin's concordance correlation coefficientPapanicolaou stainCancerTissue samplesDNA mutation testingSmearsSimilar concordanceTranscriptome RNA-SeqDiagnostic cytologyAllele fractionExpression levelsRNA-seqExpression of genesGene expression levels