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. 2020 Jun 19;21(12):4364. doi: 10.3390/ijms21124364
CTCs Circulating Tumor Cells
WGA Whole Genome Amplification
NGS Next-Generation Sequencing
ctDNA Circulating tumor DNA
BC Breast Cancer
MDA MDA-MB-231
EpCAM Epithelial Cell Adhesion Molecule
FITC fluorescein isothiocyanate
PE phycoerythrin
APC allophycocyanin
FACS Fluorescent-Activated Cell Sorter
PCR Polymerase Chain Reaction
OBcfRAv2 Oncomine Breast cfDNA Research Assay v2
KRAS Kirsten rat sarcoma 2 viral oncogene homolog
TP53 Tumor Protein 53
MAFs Molecular Allele Frequencies
VFSH Variant Family Size Histogram
TVC Torrent Variant Caller
PIK3CA Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-Bisphosphate 3-Kinase Catalytic Subunit Alpha
ERBB2 Erb-B2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinase 2
ERBB3 Erb-B2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinase 3
ERBB4 Erb-B2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinase 4
ESR1 Estrogen Receptor 1
MCL1 MCL1 Apoptosis Regulator
GATA3 GATA Binding Protein 3
PTEN Phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate 3-phosphatase
CCND1 Cyclin D1
AKT1 v-akt murine thymoma viral oncogene homolog 1
CDH1 Cadherin 1
MAP2K4 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinase 4
SF3B1 Splicing factor 3b subunit 1
FBXW7 F-box/WD repeat-containing protein 7
MAP3K1 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinase Kinase 1
PIK3R1 Phosphoinositide-3-Kinase Regulatory Subunit 1
EGFR Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor
FGFR1 Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 1
FFPE Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded
BAM Binary Alignment Map
VCF Variant Caller Format
IGV Integrative Genomic Viewer
TMAP Torrent Mapping Alignment Program
DMEM Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium
PBS Phosphate Buffered Saline
BEAMing Beads, Emulsions, Amplification, and Magnetics