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Genomic landscape of platinum resistant and sensitive testicular cancers

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Authors

Litchfield, Kevin 
Proszek, Paula Z. 
Cornish, Alex J. 
Santo, Flavia 

Abstract

Abstract: While most testicular germ cell tumours (TGCTs) exhibit exquisite sensitivity to platinum chemotherapy, ~10% are platinum resistant. To gain insight into the underlying mechanisms, we undertake whole exome sequencing and copy number analysis in 40 tumours from 26 cases with platinum-resistant TGCT, and combine this with published genomic data on an additional 624 TGCTs. We integrate analyses for driver mutations, mutational burden, global, arm-level and focal copy number (CN) events, and SNV and CN signatures. Albeit preliminary and observational in nature, these analyses provide support for a possible mechanistic link between early driver mutations in RAS and KIT and the widespread copy number events by which TGCT is characterised.

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Article, /631/67/68, /631/67/1836, /45, /45/23, /49/61, article

Journal Title

Nature Communications

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Journal ISSN

2041-1723

Volume Title

11

Publisher

Nature Publishing Group UK