Zhang et al performed whole - genome sequencing
on tumor samples and matched normals from 12 children with ETP - ALL.
Not exact matches
For example, TCGA, with genomic data
on 33
tumor types taken from
samples from 11,000 patients, is finishing 2018 by publishing a series of papers and holding a symposium.
Many
tumors release cells with distinctive antigens
on their surfaces, and affinity - based techniques can pull these cells out of the blood
sample relatively easily.
Zhang's group is moving beyond bulk sequencing of
tumor samples and is now conducting genomics
on single cells.
To more accurately reflect the mechanisms driving oligodendrogliomas, the researchers used RNA sequencing to study directly,
on a single - cell level, gene expression in
samples from six early - stage human
tumors.
In blood
samples from 1005 patients with eight types of
tumors that had evidently not yet metastasized, the test detected between 33 % and 98 % of cases, depending
on the
tumor type (see graph, above).
«This gives us novel and exciting new therapeutic options to pursue based
on results from drug screenings of primary
tumor samples from patients.»
The finding, reported by a Stand Up to Cancer - Prostate Cancer Foundation Dream Team in the May 21 edition of the journal Cell, is based
on an analysis of
tumor samples from 150 men with metastatic prostate cancer that no longer responded to standard hormone - blocking therapy.
Caris performed the molecular profiling
on 48,733 solid
tumor samples to assess the prevalence of homologous recombination deficiency in about 20 different types of solid
tumors.
A multicenter team of researchers reports that a full genomic analysis of
tumor samples from a small number of people who died of pancreatic cancer suggests that chemical changes to DNA that do not affect the DNA sequence itself yet control how it operates confer survival advantages
on subsets of pancreatic cancer cells.
«The enhancing effect was not seen in a patient
tumor sample with a low level of NRP - 1 expression
on the vasculature.
Capture experiments were also performed
on whole blood
samples, and the capture efficiency was in a high range of 81 - 95 %, at different
tumor cell concentrations.
The researchers were able to replicate this finding by comparing the healthy thyroid tissues in GTEx to 500
samples taken from thyroid
tumors, compiled by The Cancer Genome Atlas, and giving support to the extensive impact of FOXE1
on cellular state.
The total environmental DNA of grape crown gall
tumor disease is revealed in the genetic profile based
on 52 tissue
samples of crown gall
tumor taken from 16 grapevine species.
Working in mouse models of breast cancer and breast
tumor samples from patients, Longmore and his colleagues showed that a protein that sits
on the surface of
tumor cells, called DDR2, binds to collagen and activates a multistep pathway that encourages
tumor cells to spread.
Researchers also can't draw inferences from a single
sample on the frequency of
tumors in the Neandertal population, he says.
In the first cohort, researchers led by Jeeyun Lee, MD, from Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine in Seoul, performed whole exome sequencing
on samples from paired synchronous primary and metastatic
tumors.
The project would also save money by gathering
tumor samples from completed clinical trials and observational studies, as well as by piggybacking
on planned studies.
«Based
on our findings, the next phase will be to measure exosomes and exomeres in plasma
samples to help predict organs that may be targeted for metastasis during
tumor progression,» said Dr. Lyden.
The initial version of CRI iAtlas is based
on an analysis performed by The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Research Network
on the TCGA data set comprising over 10,000
tumor samples and 33
tumor samples (Thorsson et al..
Perhaps the most intriguing — and contentious — finding of the paper (as highlighted by GT's In Sequence magazine and Keith Robison
on Omics Omics) was that few of the somatic mutations in the metastasis were detected in the primary
tumor sample from 9 years earlier.
The company has labs around the world, from London to Israel to Singapore, to reduce the amount of time a given
tumor sample spends
on a plane, for example.
The scientists extensively studied 28
tumor samples from children with medulloblastoma, surveying each
tumor for details about how its genes are turned
on and off.
In close collaboration with oncologists at the Olivia Newton John Cancer Research Institute (ONJCRI), the technology was tested
on blood
samples from melanoma patients and was able to track critical changes in spreading
tumor cells before, during and after treatment.
The study focused
on just one exhaustively
sampled tumor, but it raises important questions.
For example, the goal of the drug response challenge is to predict how a
tumor will respond to a drug based
on the characteristics of both the
tumor and the drug, the information for which is identified through previously available data, such as
tumor samples and previous drug screens.
He has also been leading statistical data analysis for the Broad Institute's Proteome Characterization Center and Proteogenomic Data Analysis Center established under the National Cancer Institute Clinical Proteomics
Tumor Analysis Consortium (CPTAC), focusing
on proteogenomic analysis of proteomic, phosphoproteomic, and genomic data derived from cancer
samples.
Targeted sequencing was performed
on available
tumor samples of 125 patients.
Caris, under the guidance of Baker, provided the tissue and ran the molecular profiling
on solid
tumor samples collected from across the United States.
Because of small
sample size, the changes in
tumor - initiating cell number were not significant (P > 0.05), but these data are supportive of the in vitro findings and suggest that hypoxia may have a positive effect
on the
tumor - initiating cell population in ER - α — positive breast cancers and a negative effect in ER - α — negative
tumors.
Since completing the initial paper published Thursday, the team has analyzed 50 more
samples from eye fluid of retinoblastoma patients, including those with less aggressive
tumors whose eyes were saved, to get a start
on determining what factors might be at play in
tumor progression.
When the researchers sequenced the
samples for genetic mutations and analyzed chromosome structure, they could trace the
tumors» evolutionary histories, much as evolutionary biologists trace the origins of organisms back to their common ancestors based
on fossils deposited in different geologic eras.
After a
sample was taken from the patient
on the left (or top for those
on their mobile devices) and sent out to a laboratory for analysis, the mass was indeed diagnosed as a lipoma (benign fat cell
tumor).
The diagnosis, prediction of behavior (prognosis) and a microscopic assessment of whether the
tumor has been completely removed rely
on microscopic examination of tissue
samples (histopathology).
Accurate diagnosis, prediction of behavior (prognosis) and a microscopic assessment of whether the
tumor has been fully removed rely
on microscopic examination of tissue
samples (histopathology).
A biopsy is very different from a needle
sample of a
tumor (fine - needle aspirate), where cells are drawn out with a needle and placed
on a slide to be examined under a microscope.
The diagnosis is made based
on history, x-rays of the bone and ultimately a biopsy, or removal of a tissue
sample from the
tumor.
The histopathology report will include information
on the type and grade of
tumor (the type of cells and their degree of resemblance to normal cells), how it is likely to behave (the prognosis) and whether, if the
sample represented an excision biopsy, the cancer has been fully removed.
A cystoscope is a long, thin, tube - shaped instrument with a camera
on the end of it, which is used to nonsurgically obtain biopsy
samples from
tumors inside the bladder and urethra.
A specific
tumor type can be suspected from its appearance
on a CT or MRI, but can only be definitively identified by taking a
sample of the
tumor, either at surgery or by biopsy.
They also found that just over half the
tumors samples analyzed carry genetic mutations that could be targeted by therapies that are already
on the market.