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ArticleNature biotechnology2025

Crowd-sourced benchmarking of single-sample tumor subclonal reconstruction.

Adriana Salcedo, Maxime Tarabichi, Alex Buchanan, Shadrielle M G Espiritu, Hongjiu Zhang, Kaiyi Zhu, Tai-Hsien Ou Yang, Ignaty Leshchiner, Dimitris Anastassiou, Yuanfang Guan and 20 more

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Article in Nature biotechnology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

30 authors.

Adriana Salcedo *Department of Human Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. ASalcedo@mednet.ucla.edu.
Maxime Tarabichi *The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK. maxime.tarabichi@ulb.be.
Alex BuchananOregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, OR, USA.
Shadrielle M G EspirituOntario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Hongjiu ZhangDepartment of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Kaiyi ZhuDepartment of Systems Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0111-0848
Tai-Hsien Ou YangDepartment of Systems Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9650-1253
Ignaty LeshchinerBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8942-9265
Dimitris AnastassiouDepartment of Systems Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2459-909X
Yuanfang GuanDepartment of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Gun Ho JangOntario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Mohammed F E MootorDepartment of Human Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4154-455X
Kerstin HaaseThe Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0944-5618
Amit G DeshwarDepartment of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
William ZouOntario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Imaad UmarOntario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Stefan DentroThe Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.
Jeff A WintersingerDepartment of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Kami ChiottiOregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, OR, USA.
Jonas DemeulemeesterThe Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2660-2478
Clemency JollyThe Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.
Lesia SyczaOntario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Minjeong KoOntario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
PCAWG Evolution and Heterogeneity Working Group
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David C WedgeBig Data Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7572-3196
Quaid D MorrisDepartment of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2760-6999
Kyle Ellrott *Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, OR, USA. ellrott@ohsu.edu.
Peter Van Loo *The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK. pvanloo@mdanderson.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0292-1949
Paul C Boutros *Department of Human Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. pboutros@mednet.ucla.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0553-7520

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Hongbiao Carl Lekaye · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
Women's CancersP30CA016042 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI Samuel Wheeler French · 1985 to 2026
$134.5M
Tool Core- BoutrosU54HG012517 · NHGRI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI BUI, ALEX, PING, PEIPEI · 2022 to 2025
$10.6M
Advancing method benchmarking and data sharing through crowd-sourced competitions in cancer researchU24CA248265 · NCI · SAGE BIONETWORKS · PI BOUTROS, PAUL CHRISTOPHER, VARMA, SUSHEEL · 2020 to 2024
$4.1M
The Evolution of Sarcoma Drug Sensitivity through Time and SpaceR01CA244729 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI BOUTROS, PAUL CHRISTOPHER, SORAGNI, ALICE · 2020 to 2024
$3.4M
Virginia-UCLA-Toronto Biomarker Characterization CenterU2CCA271894 · NCI · OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY · PI OLIVER John SEMMES · 2022 to 2026
$3.2M
Development of Protein Biomarkers in Post-DRE Urine for use in Liquid Biopsy of Prostate CancerU01CA214194 · NCI · EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI BOUTROS, PAUL CHRISTOPHER, KISLINGER, THOMAS · 2016 to 2021
$2.5M
Medical Research Council MR/L016311/1NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016042NCI NIH HHS R01 CA244729NCI NIH HHS U01 CA214194NCI NIH HHS U24 CA248265NCI NIH HHS U2C CA271894NHGRI NIH HHS U54 HG012517Wellcome Trust CC2008
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Subclonal reconstruction algorithms use bulk DNA sequencing data to quantify parameters of tumor evolution, allowing an assessment of how cancers initiate, progress and respond to selective pressures. We launched the ICGC-TCGA (International Cancer Genome Consortium-The Cancer Genome Atlas) DREAM Somatic Mutation Calling Tumor Heterogeneity and Evolution Challenge to benchmark existing subclonal reconstruction algorithms. This 7-year community effort used cloud computing to benchmark 31 subclonal reconstruction algorithms on 51 simulated tumors. Algorithms were scored on seven independent tasks, leading to 12,061 total runs. Algorithm choice influenced performance substantially more than tumor features but purity-adjusted read depth, copy-number state and read mappability were associated with the performance of most algorithms on most tasks. No single algorithm was a top performer for all seven tasks and existing ensemble strategies were unable to outperform the best individual methods, highlighting a key research need. All containerized methods, evaluation code and datasets are available to support further assessment of the determinants of subclonal reconstruction accuracy and development of improved methods to understand tumor evolution.

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BenchmarkingNeoplasmsAlgorithmsCloud ComputingHumansMutationSequence Analysis, DNA

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PMID38862616
PMCPMC11994449

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