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ArticleBMC medical genomics2017

Comparing mutation calls in fixed tumour samples between the affymetrix OncoScan® array and PCR based next-generation sequencing.

Henry M Wood, Joseph M Foster, Morag Taylor, Emma Tinkler-Hundal, Fiona S Togneri, Paula Wojtowicz, Assa Oumie, Karen G Spink, Fiona Brew, Philip Quirke

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Henry M WoodPathology and Tumour Biology, Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology, Leeds, UK. h.m.wood@leeds.ac.uk.
Joseph M FosterAffymetrix UK Ltd, High Wycombe, UK.
Morag TaylorPathology and Tumour Biology, Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology, Leeds, UK.
Emma Tinkler-HundalPathology and Tumour Biology, Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology, Leeds, UK.
Fiona S TogneriWest Midland Regional Genetics Laboratory, Birmingham Women's NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.
Paula WojtowiczWest Midland Regional Genetics Laboratory, Birmingham Women's NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.
Assa OumieAffymetrix UK Ltd, High Wycombe, UK.
Karen G SpinkAffymetrix UK Ltd, High Wycombe, UK.
Fiona BrewAffymetrix UK Ltd, High Wycombe, UK.
Philip QuirkePathology and Tumour Biology, Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology, Leeds, UK.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe importance of accurate and affordable mutation calling in fixed pathology samples is becoming increasingly important as we move into the era of personalised medicine. The Affymetrix OncoScan® Array platform is designed to produce actionable mutation calls in archival material.

methodsWe compared calls made using the OncoScan platform with calls made using a custom designed PCR panel followed by next-generation sequencing (NGS), in order to benchmark the sensitivity and specificity of the OncoScan calls in a large cohort of fixed tumour samples. 392 fixed, clinical samples were sequenced, encompassing 641 PCR regions, 403 putative positive calls and 1528 putative negative calls.

resultsA small number of mutations could not be validated, either due to large indels or pseudogenes impairing parts of the NGS pipeline. For the remainder, if calls were filtered according to simple quality metrics, both sensitivity and specificity for the OncoScan platform were over 98%. This applied even to samples with poorer sample quality and lower variant allele frequency (5-10%) than product claims indicated.

conclusionsThis benchmarking study will be useful to users and potential users of this platform, who wish to compare technologies or interpret their own results.

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High-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisPolymerase Chain ReactionDNA Mutational AnalysisHumansNeoplasmsBenchmarkingMutation callingOncoScan array

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PMID28315634
PMCPMC5357332

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