Transcriptome sequencing in prostate cancer identifies inter-tumor heterogeneity

• 来源期刊: 亚洲男性学杂志（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2015,（3）
• 页码范围: 435-436
• 页数: 2页
• 语种: 中文
• DOI: 10.4103/1008-682X.143750

摘要

Given the dearth of gene mutations in prostate cancer,1,2 it is likely that genomic rearrangements play a significant role in the evolution of prostate cancer.However,in the search for recurrent genomic alterations,"private alterations" have received less attention.Such alterations may provide insights into the evolution,behavior,and clinical outcome of an individual tumor.In a recent report in "Gen0me Biology"Wyatt et al.3 defines unique alterations in a cohort of high-risk prostate cancer patient with a lethal phenotype.Utilizing a transcriptome sequencing approach they observe high inter-tumor heterogeneity;however,the genes altered distill into three distinct cancer-relevant pathways.Their analysis reveals the presence of several non-ETS fusions,which may contribute to the phenotype of individual tumors,and have significance for disease progression.