Intra-tumor Genetic Heterogeneity in Rectal Canger

ABSTRACT: Colorectal cancer arises in part from the cumulative effects of multiple gene lesions. Recent studies in selected cancer types have revealed significant intra-tumor genetic heterogeneity and highlighted its potential role in disease progression and resistance to therapy. We hypothesized the existence of significant intra-tumor genetic heterogeneity in rectal cancers involving variations in localized somatic mutations and copy number abnormalities. Two or three spatially disparate areas from each of six rectal tumors were dissected and subjected to next-generation whole exome DNA sequencing, Oncoscan SNP arrays, and targeted confirmatory sequencing and analysis. The resulting data were integrated to define subclones using SciClone. Mutant-allele tumor heterogeneity (MATH) scores, mutant all

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Ana Grant 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-73365 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress