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Lung Cancer: One Disease or Many

Lung Cancer: One Disease or Many 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. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Human Heredity Karger

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Publisher
Karger
Copyright
© 2018 S. Karger AG, Basel
ISSN
0001-5652
eISSN
1423-0062
DOI
10.1159/000488942
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Abstract

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.

Journal

Human HeredityKarger

Published: Jan 1, 2018

Keywords: Lung cancer; Mutation; Genomics; SNPs; Small cell lung cancer; Non-small cell lung cancer

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