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. 2021 Mar 11;11:625636. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2021.625636

Table 3.

Studies investigating concordance of ESR1 mutation between tissue and plasma.

Reference Method Total Mutation Rate Overall concordance rate (%)* Positive concordance rate (%)**
Schiavon G. (15) ddPCR 19/171 (11.1%)§ 30/31 (97%) 3/4 (75%)
Chu D. (30) NGS 9/11 (82%)
3/8 (37.5%)§
10/11 (91%)
2/5 (40%)
8/9 (89%)
0/5 (0%)
Yanagawa T. (32) NGS 11.3% 5/5 (100%) 0/5 (0%)
Sefrioui D. (33) SANGER/
ddPCR
6/7 (86%) 5/7 (71.4%) 4/6 (67%)
Takeshita T. (29) ddPCR 10/35(29%) 26/35 (74%) 1/10 (10%)
Lupini L. (34) COLDPCR 8/40 (20%) 3/6 (50%) 1/4 (25%)
Spoerke J. (35) rtPCR/
BEAMing
37.2%§ 22/47 (47%) 11/36 (31%)
Wang P. (36) ddPCR 3/43(7%)
4/35 (11.4%)
3/5 (60%) 3/5 (60%)

*Considering cases that were analyzed in both tissue and plasma samples and were both negative or both mutated.

**Considering cases that were positive for ESR1 mutation in tissue DNA and/or ctDNA and were positive in both tissue and ctDNA.

§prospective cohort.

primary tumor.

ddPCR, droplet digital polymerase chain reaction; NGS, next generation sequencing.