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DeconstructSigs: delineating mutational processes in single tumors distinguishes DNA repair deficiencies and patterns
Rachel Rosenthal1,2,3, Nicholas McGranahan1,2,4, Javier Herrero5
1UCL Cancer Institute, CRUK Lung Cancer Centre of Excellence, Paul O'Gorman Building, Huntley Street, London, WC1E 6DD, UK.
Background:
Analysis of somatic mutations provides insight into the mutational processes that have shaped the cancer genome, but such analysis currently requires large cohorts. We develop deconstructSigs, which allows the identification of mutational signatures within a single tumor sample.
Results:
Application of deconstructSigs identifies samples with DNA repair deficiencies and reveals distinct and dynamic mutational processes molding the cancer genome in esophageal adenocarcinoma compared to squamous cell carcinomas.
Conclusions:
deconstructSigs confers the ability to define mutational processes driven by environmental exposures, DNA repair abnormalities, and mutagenic processes in individual tumors with implications for precision cancer medicine.
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