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ReviewComputational and structural biotechnology journal2021

Multi-omics approaches in cancer research with applications in tumor subtyping, prognosis, and diagnosis.

Otília Menyhárt, Balázs Győrffy

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Review in Computational and structural biotechnology journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 188 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

188 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  9. Integrating multi-omics data for next-generation cancer research and precision medicine.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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  18. Harnessing biomarkers to guide immunotherapy in esophageal cancer: toward precision oncology.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Otília MenyhártSemmelweis University, Department of Bioinformatics and 2 Department of Pediatrics, H-1094 Budapest, Hungary.
Balázs GyőrffySemmelweis University, Department of Bioinformatics and 2 Department of Pediatrics, H-1094 Budapest, Hungary.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While cost-effective high-throughput technologies provide an increasing amount of data, the analyses of single layers of data seldom provide causal relations. Multi-omics data integration strategies across different cellular function levels, including genomes, epigenomes, transcriptomes, proteomes, metabolomes, and microbiomes offer unparalleled opportunities to understand the underlying biology of complex diseases, such as cancer. We review some of the most frequently used data integration methods and outline research areas where multi-omics significantly benefit our understanding of the process and outcome of the malignant transformation. We discuss algorithmic frameworks developed to reveal cancer subtypes, disease mechanisms, and methods for identifying driver genomic alterations and consider the significance of multi-omics in tumor classifications, diagnostics, and prognostications. We provide a comprehensive summary of each omics strategy's most recent advances within the clinical context and discuss the main challenges facing their clinical implementations. Despite its unparalleled advantages, multi-omics data integration is slow to enter everyday clinics. One major obstacle is the uneven maturity of different omics approaches and the growing gap between generating large volumes of data compared to data processing capacity. Progressive initiatives to enforce the standardization of sample processing and analytical pipelines, multidisciplinary training of experts for data analysis and interpretation are vital to facilitate the translatability of theoretical findings.

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BiomarkerBreast cancerData integrationDriver mutationGenomicsLung cancerMetabolomicsProteomicsTranscriptomics

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PMID33613862
PMCPMC7868685

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