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ArticleJNCI cancer spectrum2022

Impact of Clinical Data Veracity on Cancer Genomic Research.

Sunali Mehta, Deborah Wright, Michael A Black, Arend Merrie, Ahmad Anjomshoaa, Fran Munro, Anthony Reeve, John McCall, Cristin Print

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Article in JNCI cancer spectrum, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Sunali MehtaMaurice Wilkins Centre, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0002-1777-1245
Deborah WrightDepartment of Surgical Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0003-3342-2448
Michael A BlackMaurice Wilkins Centre, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0003-1174-6054
Arend MerrieDepartment of Surgery, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0002-3139-8627
Ahmad AnjomshoaaMedical Genetics Division, Faculty of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.ORCID 0000-0001-5677-4011
Fran MunroDepartment of Surgical Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0002-7043-8871
Anthony ReeveDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0002-5906-4055
John McCallDepartment of Surgical Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0001-8667-3449
Cristin PrintMaurice Wilkins Centre, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0001-8345-7812

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genomic analysis of tumors is transforming our understanding of cancer. However, although a great deal of attention is paid to the accuracy of the cancer genomic data itself, less attention has been paid to the accuracy of the associated clinical information that renders the genomic data useful for research. In this brief communication, we suggest that omissions and errors in clinical annotations have a major impact on the interpretation of cancer genomic data. We describe our discovery of annotation omissions and errors when reviewing an already carefully annotated colorectal cancer gene expression dataset from our laboratory. The potential importance of clinical annotation omissions and errors was then explored using simulation analyses with an independent genomic dataset. We suggest that the completeness and veracity of clinical annotations accompanying cancer genomic data require renewed focus by the oncology research community, when planning new collections and when interpreting existing cancer genomic data.

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PMID36255250
PMCPMC9648686

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