Genomic DNA was extracted from 5 to 10 μm of FFPE tissue using a DNA extractor (MagCore NucleicAcid Extractor, RBC Bioscience, Taiwan) and MagCore Genomic DNA FFPE One-Step Kit, following the manufacturer’s recommendations. Genomic DNA quality was assessed using BIOMED-2 control gene PCR protocol and samples with a DNA product size of ≥ 300 base pairs (bp) were analyzed [11 (link)]. Before initiating VDJ gene rearrangement analysis by HTS, all cases were analyzed to evaluate clonality according to the BIOMED-2 protocol [11 (link)]. NGS analysis was performed on 454 GS Junior system (Roche) previously described [12 (link)]. Data analysis was performed using the Roche (Basel, Switzerland) proprietary software package for the 454 GS Junior system (Roche). Image acquisition, image processing, and signal processing were performed during the run.
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