Research and clinical applications of cancer genome sequencing

Ku, Chee S., Cooper, David Neil ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8943-8484, E. Ziogas, Demosthenes, Halkia, Eugenia, Tzaphlidou, Margaret and Roukos, Dimitrios H. 2013. Research and clinical applications of cancer genome sequencing. Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology 25 (1) , pp. 3-10. 10.1097/GCO.0b013e32835af17c

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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To highlight the recent advances in cancer genome research and its clinical applications made possible by next-generation sequencing (NGS), with particular emphasis on gynecological and breast cancers is the purpose of the review. RECENT FINDINGS: Through advances in NGS technologies, whole-exome sequencing and whole-genome sequencing (WGS) have been performed on various cancers, identifying in the process numerous recurrent mutations and highly mutated genes. These cancers include uterine serous carcinomas, high-grade serous ovarian adenocarcinomas and breast cancer. In contrast to identifying somatic mutations in sporadic cancers, a far smaller number of studies using NGS have been conducted to identify new causal mutations or genes for hereditary cancer syndromes. In addition to research discovery, diagnostic applications of NGS have also become increasingly evident. Thus, WGS has been applied in a diagnostic context to identify a complex chromosomal rearrangement in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia of unclear subtype. Similarly, the targeted sequencing of panels of known cancer genes using NGS has demonstrated its robustness in the context of identifying known pathological mutations. SUMMARY: The research and clinical applications of cancer genome sequencing have progressed at an unprecedented pace over the last few years, and this promises to be accelerated with new developments of high-throughput NGS technologies and robust analytical tools.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Subjects:	Q Science > QH Natural history > QH426 Genetics R Medicine > R Medicine (General) R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0254 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer)
Publisher:	Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
ISSN:	1040-872X
Last Modified:	24 Oct 2022 09:57
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/42681

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