PMID- 18500990 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20080721 LR - 20211020 IS - 1474-760X (Electronic) IS - 1465-6906 (Print) IS - 1474-7596 (Linking) VI - 9 IP - 5 DP - 2008 TI - GeneCount: genome-wide calculation of absolute tumor DNA copy numbers from array comparative genomic hybridization data. PG - R86 LID - 10.1186/gb-2008-9-5-r86 [doi] AB - Absolute tumor DNA copy numbers can currently be achieved only on a single gene basis by using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). We present GeneCount, a method for genome-wide calculation of absolute copy numbers from clinical array comparative genomic hybridization data. The tumor cell fraction is reliably estimated in the model. Data consistent with FISH results are achieved. We demonstrate significant improvements over existing methods for exploring gene dosages and intratumor copy number heterogeneity in cancers. FAU - Lyng, Heidi AU - Lyng H AD - Department of Radiation Biology, Institute for Cancer Research, Norwegian Radium Hospital, Montebello, NO-0310 Oslo, Norway. heidi.lyng@rr-research.no FAU - Lando, Malin AU - Lando M FAU - Brovig, Runar S AU - Brovig RS FAU - Svendsrud, Debbie H AU - Svendsrud DH FAU - Johansen, Morten AU - Johansen M FAU - Galteland, Eivind AU - Galteland E FAU - Brustugun, Odd T AU - Brustugun OT FAU - Meza-Zepeda, Leonardo A AU - Meza-Zepeda LA FAU - Myklebost, Ola AU - Myklebost O FAU - Kristensen, Gunnar B AU - Kristensen GB FAU - Hovig, Eivind AU - Hovig E FAU - Stokke, Trond AU - Stokke T LA - eng PT - Evaluation Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20080523 PL - England TA - Genome Biol JT - Genome biology JID - 100960660 RN - 0 (DNA, Neoplasm) SB - IM MH - Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/genetics MH - DNA, Neoplasm/*genetics MH - Female MH - *Gene Dosage MH - Humans MH - Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/genetics MH - Nucleic Acid Hybridization/*methods MH - Translocation, Genetic MH - Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/genetics PMC - PMC2441472 EDAT- 2008/05/27 09:00 MHDA- 2008/07/22 09:00 PMCR- 2008/05/23 CRDT- 2008/05/27 09:00 PHST- 2008/01/18 00:00 [received] PHST- 2008/04/23 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2008/05/23 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2008/05/27 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2008/07/22 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2008/05/27 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2008/05/23 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - gb-2008-9-5-r86 [pii] AID - 10.1186/gb-2008-9-5-r86 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Genome Biol. 2008;9(5):R86. doi: 10.1186/gb-2008-9-5-r86. Epub 2008 May 23.