Part I: An Overview
1. Cell Free DNA: Applications in Different Diseases
Rossella Ranucci
2. Cell Free DNA: An Overview of Sample Types and Isolation Procedures
Filippo Martignano
Part II: A Liquid Biopsy for Cancer Disease
3. Circulating Cell Free DNA and Cancer Therapy Monitoring: Methods and Potential
Peter B. Gahan
4. Cell Free DNA in the Liquid Biopsy Context: Role and Differences between ctDNA and CTC Marker in Cancer Management
Pietro Fici
Part III: Methods in Cancer
5. Cell Free DNA Integrity: ApplicationsSara Ravaioli
6. Copy Number Variation Analysis on Cell Free Serum DNA
Heidi Schwarzenbach
7. Studying Copy Number Variations in Cell Free DNA: The Example of AR in Prostate Cancer
Samanta Salvi and Valentina Casadio
8. dPCR Mutational Analyses in Cell-free DNA: A Comparison With TissuesTakashi Takeshita and Hirotaka Iwase
9. From cfDNA to Sequencing: Workflows and Potentials
Michela Tebaldi and Samanta Salvi
Part IV: Epigenetic Modifications
10. Epigenetic Characterization of Cell Free DNA
Giorgia Gurioli
11. Quantitative Methylation-specific PCR: A Simple Method for Studying Epigenetic Modifications of Cell Free DNA
Luca Sigalotti, Alessia Covre, Francesca Colizzi, and Elisabetta Fratta
Part V: Fetal and Pediatric Diseases
12. Cell Free DNA in Pediatric Rhabdomyosarcoma: Potential and Challenges
Lucia Tombolan, Angelica Zin, and Gianni Bisogno
13. Bioinformatics Pipeline for Accurate Quantification of Fetal DNA Fraction in Maternal Plasma
Meng Ni, Xianlu Laura Peng, and Peiyong Jiang
Part VI: Physical Activity
14. Circulating Cell-Free DNA in Physical Activities
LN Vittori, A. Tarozzi, and P. Maietta Latessa
Part VII: Urinary Cell Free DNA15. Urinary Cell Free DNA: Potential and Applications
Samanta Salvi and Valentina Casadio
16. Urinary Cell Free DNA: Isolation, Quantification, Quality Assessment
Valentina Casadio and Samanta Salvi