Whole-genome sequencing identifies recurrent mutations in hepatocellular carcinoma.

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Published in Genome Res on June 20, 2013

Authors

Zhengyan Kan1, Hancheng Zheng, Xiao Liu, Shuyu Li, Thomas D Barber, Zhuolin Gong, Huan Gao, Ke Hao, Melinda D Willard, Jiangchun Xu, Robert Hauptschein, Paul A Rejto, Julio Fernandez, Guan Wang, Qinghui Zhang, Bo Wang, Ronghua Chen, Jian Wang, Nikki P Lee, Wei Zhou, Zhao Lin, Zhiyu Peng, Kang Yi, Shengpei Chen, Lin Li, Xiaomei Fan, Jie Yang, Rui Ye, Jia Ju, Kai Wang, Heather Estrella, Shibing Deng, Ping Wei, Ming Qiu, Isabella H Wulur, Jiangang Liu, Mariam E Ehsani, Chunsheng Zhang, Andrey Loboda, Wing Kin Sung, Amit Aggarwal, Ronnie T Poon, Sheung Tat Fan, Jun Wang, James Hardwick, Christoph Reinhard, Hongyue Dai, Yingrui Li, John M Luk, Mao Mao

Author Affiliations

1: Pfizer Oncology, San Diego, California 92121, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Proton Radiotherapy Versus Radiofrequency Ablation for Patients With Medium or Large Hepatocellular Carcinoma | NCT02640924

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