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Circulating cell-free (ccf) DNA is measurable in healthy individuals and in higher concentration in patients with benign and malignant breast disease (BD). In paired plasma and serum samples ccf DNA was extracted and quantified by real-time quantitative PCR for the glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) gene. The concentration of ccf DNA in serum was higher in patients with benign and malignant BD (p = 0.023/p = 0.001) compared to healthy controls, whereas ccf DNA in plasma was higher in patients with malignant BD compared to patients with benign BD or healthy controls (p = 0.012/0.007). The ccf DNA correlated significantly between plasma and serum samples in patients with benign (p = 0.01; R: 0.677) as well as malignant BD (p = 0.01; R:0.713). The positive correlation between ccf DNA in plasma and serum in patients with benign as well as malignant BD, might have a diagnostic value for discriminating between malignant and benign BD.

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