Somatic Mutation: SNVs/indels Associated with ESCC Patients’ Survival

Sample size

  • 675 ESCC patients with survival information
  • Quality control criteria

  • Genes mutated in more than 1% of all samples
  • Statistical methods

  • Survival log-rank test in each study, respectively, and in the combined samples
  • Samples and genes in the final analysis after QC

  • 675 samples and 2,203 genes on autosomes



  • Mutational landscape of somatic
    alterations in 704 ESCC samples

    Significant genes with SNVs/indels associated with ESCC patients’ survival included in CCGD-ESCC

  • 662 genes with P < 0.05


  • StudySequencing platformSomatic mutation calling toolsSamples analyzed
    Chang J, et al. (PMID: 28548104), 2017WGS: Illumina HiSeq X Ten SystemStrelka 94
    Cancer Genome Atlas Research. (PMID: 28052061), 2017WES: Illumina HiSeq 2000 MuTect, indel locator; RADIA; Strelka; Samtools1, Strelka3, VarScan4, GATK5, Pindel690
    Qin HD, et al. (PMID: 27058444), 2016WGS & WES: Illumina HiSeq 2000 VarScan 2 66
    Sawada G, et al. (PMID: 26873401), 2016WES: Illumina HiSeq 2000 Genomon-exome144
    Zhang L, et al. (PMID: 25839328), 2015WGS & WES: Illumina HiSeq 2000SAMtools and VarScan 2.2.5 80
    Gao YB, et al. (PMID: 25151357), 2014WES: Illumina HiSeq 2000 CASAVA 1.7113
    Song Y, et al. (PMID: 24670651), 2014WGS & WES: Illumina HiSeq 2000 VarScan 2.2.5 and GATK SomaticIndelDetector88
    Combined 675

    WGS: whole-genome sequencing; WES: whole-exome sequencing.


      Related Sources

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