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ReviewCancers2024

The Application of Long-Read Sequencing to Cancer.

Luca Ermini, Patrick Driguez

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In one paragraph

Review in Cancers, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed
8.6field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Long-read sequencing bridges germline and somatic variant detection: a multi-modal approach for hereditary cancer diagnostics.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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  8. Assembly of a Full-Length Chimeric RNA Transcriptome.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026
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  15. Fungal Communities in Various Environments.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  17. Long and Accurate: How HiFi Sequencing is Transforming Genomics.Genomics, proteomics & bioinformatics · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Luca ErminiNORLUX Neuro-Oncology Laboratory, Department of Cancer Research, Luxembourg Institute of Health, L-1210 Luxembourg, Luxembourg.ORCID 0000-0001-8109-6021
Patrick DriguezBioscience Core Lab, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-8104-677X
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology · SALuxembourg Institute of Health · LU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer is a multifaceted disease arising from numerous genomic aberrations that have been identified as a result of advancements in sequencing technologies. While next-generation sequencing (NGS), which uses short reads, has transformed cancer research and diagnostics, it is limited by read length. Third-generation sequencing (TGS), led by the Pacific Biosciences and Oxford Nanopore Technologies platforms, employs long-read sequences, which have marked a paradigm shift in cancer research. Cancer genomes often harbour complex events, and TGS, with its ability to span large genomic regions, has facilitated their characterisation, providing a better understanding of how complex rearrangements affect cancer initiation and progression. TGS has also characterised the entire transcriptome of various cancers, revealing cancer-associated isoforms that could serve as biomarkers or therapeutic targets. Furthermore, TGS has advanced cancer research by improving genome assemblies, detecting complex variants, and providing a more complete picture of transcriptomes and epigenomes. This review focuses on TGS and its growing role in cancer research. We investigate its advantages and limitations, providing a rigorous scientific analysis of its use in detecting previously hidden aberrations missed by NGS. This promising technology holds immense potential for both research and clinical applications, with far-reaching implications for cancer diagnosis and treatment.

Indexed as

cancerlong readsprecision oncologyshort readsthird-generation sequencing

Identifiers

PMID38610953
PMCPMC11011098
OpenAlexW4393142921

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