Research Article

EGFR Mutation Analysis of Circulating Tumor DNA Using an Improved PNA-LNA PCR Clamp Method

Table 3

Detection of EGFR mutations from tissue and plasma samples.

(%)Tissue⁢PlasmaTissue
Before treatmentBefore treatment
P0 (%)
Under treatment
P1 (%)
After PD
P2 (%)
After PD

Number of samples 242423163
Activating mutation2419 (79.2)6 (26.1)11 (68.8)3 (100)
Drug-resistant mutation (T790M)NA2 (8.3)4 (17.4)8 (50.0)3 (100)