Methods
From 2014 to 2019 molecular diagnostics activity performed on liquid
biopsy specimens in the Predictive Diagnostic laboratory of AOU Federico
II were reviewed.
Laboratory data were collected in SPSS. Non parametric analysis were
performed in order to test the differences between patients WILD TYPE or
not. A multivariate logistic model was performed in order to assess the
effect of mutation, age and sex, on the tumor progression.
The results of the revision concern 515 total cases (almost of all
plasma or peripheral blood) allowed to evaluate the liquid biopsies for
women and men. The average age of the Patients is 66.3 years, and the 25
percentile is 59 years.