Formalin fixation increases deamination mutation signature but should not lead to false positive mutations in clinical practice.
Plos One
Prentice, Leah M LM; Miller, Ruth R RR; Knaggs, Jeff J; Mazloomian, Alborz A; Aguirre Hernandez, Rosalia R; Franchini, Patrick P; Parsa, Kourosh K; Tessier-Cloutier, Basile B; Lapuk, Anna A; Huntsman, David D; Schaeffer, David F DF; Sheffield, Brandon S BS
Amplicon sequencing of colorectal cancer: variant calling in frozen and formalin-fixed samples.
Plos One
Betge, Johannes J; Kerr, Grainne G; Miersch, Thilo T; Leible, Svenja S; Erdmann, Gerrit G; Galata, Christian L CL; Zhan, Tianzuo T; Gaiser, Timo T; Post, Stefan S; Ebert, Matthias P MP; Horisberger, Karoline K; Boutros, Michael M
The human epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene in European patients with advanced colorectal cancer harbors infrequent mutations in its tyrosine kinase domain.
Bmc Medical Genetics
Metzger, Brigitte B; Chambeau, Laetitia L; Begon, Dominique Y DY; Faber, Carlo C; Kayser, Jacques J; Berchem, Guy G; Pauly, Marc M; Boniver, Jacques J; Delvenne, Philippe P; Dicato, Mario M; Wenner, Thomas T