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There are newer methods that use antibodies to enrich for methylated dna prior to sequencing [1]. The method increases sensitivity as the majority of plasma cfDNA is unmethylated and hematopoietic in origin.

[1] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0703-0



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