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ReviewDer Pathologe2021

[Next generation sequencing in histopathology : Applications and methodological challenges].

Ulrich Lehmann, Andreas Jung

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Review in Der Pathologe, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Ulrich LehmannInstitut für Pathologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Deutschland. Lehmann.Ulrich@MH-Hannover.de.
Andreas JungPathologisches Institut, Medizinische Fakultät, LMU München, Thalkirchner Str. 36, 80337, München, Deutschland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The enormous increase in sequencing capacity due to the development of next generation sequencing technologies opens up new opportunities in the fields of histopathology, research, and diagnostics, but also poses huge challenges.The identification of genomic aberrations (point mutations, small insertions and deletions, fusion transcripts, and tumor mutation burden (TMB)) have already become a reliable part of routine molecular diagnostics. This will be supplemented by additional applications, namely gene amplifications, microsatellite instability, genomic signatures like homologous recombination deficiency (HRD), mRNA expression patterns, B‑ and T‑cell clonality, and DNA methylation. Challenges in preanalytics and the evaluation of assay sensitivity and specificity as well as proper curation of identified aberrations, which requires a new type of specialist, are presented and discussed.

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High-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingMicrosatellite InstabilityBiomarkers, TumorGene AmplificationHumansMutationBiomarkers, TumorDNA modificationsGene amplificationHigh-throughput nucleotide sequencingmRNA expression patternsMutation signatures

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