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DNA methylation-based classification of sinonasal tumors

Jurmeister, Philipp; Glöß, Stefanie; Roller, Renée; Leitheiser, Maximilian; Schmid, Simone; Mochmann, Liliana H; Payá Capilla, Emma; ... Capper, David; + view all (2022) DNA methylation-based classification of sinonasal tumors. Nature Communications , 13 (1) , Article 7148. 10.1038/s41467-022-34815-3. Green open access

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Abstract

The diagnosis of sinonasal tumors is challenging due to a heterogeneous spectrum of various differential diagnoses as well as poorly defined, disputed entities such as sinonasal undifferentiated carcinomas (SNUCs). In this study, we apply a machine learning algorithm based on DNA methylation patterns to classify sinonasal tumors with clinical-grade reliability. We further show that sinonasal tumors with SNUC morphology are not as undifferentiated as their current terminology suggests but rather reassigned to four distinct molecular classes defined by epigenetic, mutational and proteomic profiles. This includes two classes with neuroendocrine differentiation, characterized by IDH2 or SMARCA4/ARID1A mutations with an overall favorable clinical course, one class composed of highly aggressive SMARCB1-deficient carcinomas and another class with tumors that represent potentially previously misclassified adenoid cystic carcinomas. Our findings can aid in improving the diagnostic classification of sinonasal tumors and could help to change the current perception of SNUCs.

Type: Article
Title: DNA methylation-based classification of sinonasal tumors
Location: England
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34815-3
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34815-3
Language: English
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Keywords: DNA methylation, Head and neck cancer, Machine learning, Proteomics
UCL classification: UCL
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UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Cancer Institute
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Surgery and Interventional Sci
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Cancer Institute > Research Department of Oncology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Surgery and Interventional Sci > Department of Targeted Intervention
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10161000
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