Table 1 Evolution in time of chromosomal aberrations in cell-free and genomic DNA from WBC, as measured by GIPSeq and FISH, respectively

From: Copy-number alterations in cell-free DNA can be transient or harbingers of clonal hematopoiesis

Case

Age at follow-up (years)

Sex

GIPseq profile at initial study a

GIPseq profile at follow-upa

GIPseq Evolution

T (years)b

FISH results at follow-up

20042017-10

84

F

del(9q)

del(9q)

Status quo

3.4

nuc ish(CEP9×2,RP11-23B15×1,RP11-176L21×1)[21/100]

21042016-06

81

M

dup(14q)

dup(14q)

Status quo

4.4

NA

18022016-01

75

M

+15

+15

Status quo

4.7

nuc ish(PML×3,RARAx2)[8/200]

30032017-02

71

M

+15

+15

Status quo

3.4

nuc ish(PML×3,RARAx2)[2/100]

16022017-08

75

F

+15

+15

Status quo

3.6

nuc ish(PML×3,RARAx2)[4/100]

29042016-27

81

F

del(5q)

Multiple chromosomes; del(5q)

Progression

4.5

nuc ish(D5S23×2,EGR1×1)[35/100]

02022017-08

69

M

Multiple chromosomes

Multiple chromosomes; +15

Progression

3.8

nuc ish(PML×3,RARA×2)[3/100]

17112016-02

72

M

dup(9p)/dup(9q)

normal

Normalization

3.9

Not performed*

06022017-06

84

M

Multiple chromosomes; −17

normal

Normalization

3.6

Not performed*

  1. *No FISH investigation was performed due to the normalization of the plasma cfDNA CNA profile.
  2. aOnly chromosomes with |z-score | ≥ 3.0 and |zz-score | ≥ 3.0 are reported.
  3. bTime between GIPseq analysis during the initial CNA cancer screening study and the follow-up analyses.