A comprehensive assessment of somatic mutation detection in cancer using whole-genome sequencing.

ABSTRACT: As whole-genome sequencing for cancer genome analysis becomes a clinical tool, a full understanding of the variables affecting sequencing analysis output is required. Here using tumour-normal sample pairs from two different types of cancer, chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and medulloblastoma, we conduct a benchmarking exercise within the context of the International Cancer Genome Consortium. We compare sequencing methods, analysis pipelines and validation methods. We show that using PCR-free methods and increasing sequencing depth to ∼ 100 × shows benefits, as long as the tumour:control coverage ratio remains balanced. We observe widely varying mutation call rates and low concordance among analysis pipelines, reflecting the artefact-prone nature of the raw data and lack of standards for deal

SUBMITTER: Alioto TS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4682041 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature