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We aimed to develop a droplet digital polymerase chain reaction (ddPCR) assay detecting hypermethylation of tumor suppressor gene RASSF1A as a simple standard test to detect various pediatric tumor types in small volume blood samples and to evaluate this test for monitoring treatment response of patients with high-risk neuroblastoma.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>METHODS<\/jats:title><jats:p>We developed a ddPCR assay to sensitively detect tumor-derived hypermethylated RASSF1A DNA in liquid biopsies. We tested this assay in plasma of 96 patients with neuroblastoma, renal tumors, rhabdomyosarcoma, or Hodgkin lymphoma at diagnosis and in cerebrospinal fluid of four patients with brain tumors. We evaluated the presence of hypermethylated RASSF1A in plasma samples during treatment and follow-up in 47 patients with neuroblastoma treated according to high-risk protocol and correlated results with blood mRNA\u2013based and bone marrow mRNA\u2013based minimal residual disease detection and clinical outcomes.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title><jats:p>The total cfDNA level was significantly higher in patients with metastatic neuroblastoma and nephroblastoma compared with healthy adult and pediatric controls. Hypermethylated RASSF1A was present in 41 of 42 patients with metastatic neuroblastoma and in all patients with nephroblastoma, with the median percentage of 69% and 21% of total RASSF1A, respectively. 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