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Lung Cancer: One Disease or Many.
Human Heredity ( IF 1.8 ) Pub Date : 2018-06-05 , DOI: 10.1159/000488942 Timothy D O'Brien , Peilin Jia , Melinda C Aldrich , Zhongming Zhao
Human Heredity ( IF 1.8 ) Pub Date : 2018-06-05 , DOI: 10.1159/000488942 Timothy D O'Brien , Peilin Jia , Melinda C Aldrich , Zhongming Zhao
OBJECTIVE
Lung cancer is classified as a single entity comprised of multiple histological subtypes. But how similar are these subtypes on a genetic level? This paper aims to address this question through a concise overview of germline and somatic differences between small cell lung cancer, lung adenocarcinoma, and lung squamous cell carcinoma.
METHODS
We reveal the weak overlap found between these 3 lung cancer subtypes using published data from one of the largest germline genetic studies on lung cancer to date and somatic mutation data from Catalogue of Somatic Mutations in Cancer (COSMIC).
RESULTS
These data indicate that these 3 subtypes share very little with each other at the genetic level. At the germline SNP level, only 24 independent SNPs from 2 chromosomes were shared across all 3 subtypes. We also demonstrate that only 30 unique cancer-specific mutations overlap the 3 subtypes from COSMIC, and that this is fewer than overlapping mutations chosen at random. Finally, we show that only 3 somatic mutational signatures are shared between these 3 subtypes.
CONCLUSION
This paper highlights that these 3 lung cancer subtypes may be distinct diseases at the genetic level. In the era of precision medicine, we feel that these genomic differences will be of utmost importance in the choice of lung cancer therapy in the future.
更新日期:2019-11-01