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. 2019 Jul 9;10(43):4397–4406. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.27030

Figure 1. CONSORT diagram, workflow and example of fragment size analysis.

Figure 1

(A) CONSORT diagram of included patients. Abbreviations: RT/TMZ: radiotherapy/Temozolomide (concurrent RT/TMZ plus adjuvant TMZ); RT/TMZ plus PD1i/placebo: (concurrent RT/TMZ plus Programmed Death1 inhibitor/placebo followed by adjuvant TMZ plus PD1i/placebo). (B) Illustration of work flow. First sample was taken the day before or on the day of diagnostic surgery. If the diagnosis of glioblastoma was confirmed, the next sample was taken one month after surgery at first visit to the oncologic department, every 1–2 weeks during RT/TMZ, throughout the adjuvant TMZ with 1–2 months interval and in the follow-up period with approximately 2–3 months interval until progressive disease (PD). Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was performed before surgery, ≤48 hours after surgery, for treatment planning of RT/TMZ, one month after RT/TMZ, after two and five cycles of adjuvant TMZ and then every 2-3 months until progression. (C) An example of a result from the fragment analysis assessed using the Tape Station instrument. CfDNA fragments were visualized using a higher and lower ladder as reference, respectively. The peak of the curve with the highest % of fragments, was defined as the highest peak.