Table 1 Details of autopsy cases in which post-mortem plasma was sampled.
From: Post-mortem Plasma Cell-Free DNA Sequencing: Proof-of-Concept Study for the “Liquid Autopsy”
Case | Age | Sex | Time to autopsy after death | Disease | Viable cancer at autopsy | Plasma cfDNA concentration (ng/mL) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case 1 | 58 | M | 1 hr 21 min | Prostate cancer | Present | 2513.4 |
Case 2 | 65 | M | 2 hr 48 min | CNS lymphoma | Present | 852.5 |
Case 3 | 52 | M | 6 hr 25 min | MDS | Present | 130.0 |
Case 4 | 59 | F | 1 hr 12 min | MAGIC syndrome | Absent | 96.3 |
Case 5 | 66 | M | 10 hr 40 min | Glioblastoma | Present | 306.9 |
Case 6 | 51 | F | 5 hr 12 min | Hypopharyngeal cancer | Absent | 489.5 |
Case 7 | 72 | M | 3 hr 19 min | Gastric lymphoma | Present | 1466.4 |
Case 8 | 39 | M | 2 hr 18 min | AML | Present | 6549.4 |
Case 9 | 35 | M | 1 hr 42 min | GVHD (AML) | Absent | 2815.1 |
Case 10 | 43 | M | 1 hr 19 min | Mycosis fungoides | Present | 1055.4 |
Case 11 | 38 | M | 2 hr 53 min | Vertebral artery dissection | Absent | 2450.3 |
Case 12 | 81 | F | 11 hr 8 min | Internal carotid artery thromboembolism | Absent | 590.0 |
