Mutational Spectrum, Copy Number Changes, and Outcome: Results of a Sequencing Study of Patients With Newly Diagnosed Myeloma
Author(s) -
Brian A. Walker,
Eileen M. Boyle,
Christopher P. Wardell,
Alex Murison,
Dil Begum,
Nasrin M. Dahir,
Paula Proszek,
David C. Johnson,
Martin Kaiser,
Lorenzo Melchor,
Lauren I. Aronson,
Matthew Scales,
Charlotte Pawlyn,
Fabio Mirabella,
John R Jones,
Annamaria Brioli,
Aneta Mikulášová,
David A. Cairns,
Walter M. Gregory,
Ana Quartilho,
Mark T. Drayson,
Nigel H. Russell,
Gordon Cook,
Graham Jackson,
Xavier Leleu,
Faith E. Davies,
Gareth J. Morgan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1527-7755
pISSN - 0732-183X
DOI - 10.1200/jco.2014.59.1503
Subject(s) - neuroblastoma ras viral oncogene homolog , kras , medicine , multiple myeloma , oncology , cancer research , exome sequencing , exome , population , mutation , cancer , genetics , gene , biology , colorectal cancer , environmental health
At the molecular level, myeloma is characterized by copy number abnormalities and recurrent translocations into the immunoglobulin heavy chain locus. Novel methods, such as massively parallel sequencing, have begun to describe the pattern of tumor-acquired mutations, but their clinical relevance has yet to be established.
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