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AACR GENIE Data Guide
About this Document
Version of Data
Data Access
Terms of Access
Introduction to AACR GENIE
Human Subjects Protection and Privacy
Summary of Data by Center
Genomic Profiling at Each Center
Pipeline for Annotating Mutations and Filtering Putative Germline SNPs
Description of Data Files
Clinical Data
Abbreviations and Acronym Glossary

About this Document
This document provides an overview of the first public release of American Association for Cancer
Research (AACR) GENIE data.

Version of Data
AACR GENIE Project Data: Version 5.0-public

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AACR Project GENIE data versions follow a numbering scheme derived from semantic
versioning, where the digits in the version correspond to: major.patch-release-type. “Major”
releases are public releases of new sample data. “Patch” releases are corrections to major
releases, including data retractions. “Release-type” refers to whether the release is a public
AACR Project GENIE release or a private/consortium-only release. Public releases will be
denoted with the nomenclature “X.X-public” and consortium-only private releases will be
denoted with the nomenclature “X.X-consortium”.

Data Access
AACR GENIE Data is currently available via two mechanisms:
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Sage Synapse Platform: http://synapse.org/genie
cBioPortal for Cancer Genomics: http://www.cbioportal.org/genie/

Terms of Access
All users of the AACR Project GENIE data must agree to the following terms of use; failure to
abide by any term herein will result in revocation of access.
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Users will not attempt to identify or contact individual participants from whom these data
were collected by any means.
Users will not redistribute the data without express written permission from the AACR
Project GENIE Coordinating Center (send email to: info@aacrgenie.org).

When publishing or presenting work using or referencing the AACR Project GENIE dataset please
include the following attributions:
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Please cite: The AACR Project GENIE Consortium. AACR Project GENIE: Powering
Precision Medicine Through An International Consortium, Cancer Discov. 2017
Aug;7(8):818-831 and include the version of the dataset used.
The authors would like to acknowledge the American Association for Cancer Research
and its financial and material support in the development of the AACR Project GENIE
registry, as well as members of the consortium for their commitment to data sharing.
Interpretations are the responsibility of study authors.

Posters and presentations should include the AACR Project GENIE logo.

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Introduction to AACR GENIE
The AACR Project Genomics, Evidence, Neoplasia, Information, Exchange (GENIE) is a multiphase, multi-year, international data-sharing project that aims to catalyze precision cancer
medicine. The GENIE platform will integrate and link clinical-grade cancer genomic data with
clinical outcome data for tens of thousands of cancer patients treated at multiple international
institutions. The project fulfills an unmet need in oncology by providing the statistical power
necessary to improve clinical decision-making, to identify novel therapeutic targets, to understand
of patient response to therapy, and to design new biomarker-driven clinical trials. The project will
also serve as a prototype for aggregating, harmonizing, and sharing clinical-grade, nextgeneration sequencing (NGS) data obtained during routine medical practice.
The data within GENIE is being shared with the global research community. The database
currently contains CLIA-/ISO-certified genomic data obtained during the course of routine practice
at multiple international institutions (Table 1), and will continue to grow as more patients are
treated at additional participating centers.
Table 1: AACR GENIE Contributing Centers.
Center Abbreviation

Center Name

CRUK

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre, University of Cambridge,
Cambridge, England

DFCI

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA

GRCC

Institut Gustave Roussy, France

JHU

Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center,
Baltimore, MD, USA

MDA

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX,
USA

MSK

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

NKI

Netherlands Cancer Institute, on behalf of the Center for Personalized
Cancer Treatment, The Netherlands

UCSF

University of California-San Francisco (UCSF Helen Diller Family
Comprehensive Cancer Center), San Francisco, California, USA

UHN

Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto,
Canada

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VICC

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, TN, USA

WAKE

Wake Forest University Health Sciences (Wake Forest Baptist Medical
Center), Winston-Salem, NC, USA

Human Subjects Protection and Privacy
Protection of patient privacy is paramount, and the AACR GENIE Project therefore requires that
each participating center share data in a manner consistent with patient consent and centerspecific Institutional Review Board (IRB) policies. The exact approach varies by center, but largely
falls into one of three categories: IRB-approved patient-consent to sharing of de-identified data,
captured at time of molecular testing; IRB waivers and; and IRB approvals of GENIE-specific
research proposals. Additionally, all data has been de-identified via the HIPAA Safe Harbor
Method. Full details regarding the HIPAA Safe Harbor Method are available online at:
https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/privacy/special-topics/de-identification/.

Summary of Data by Center
The first data release includes genomic and clinical data from eight cancer centers. Tables 2-3
summarize genomic data provided by each of the eight centers, followed by descriptive
paragraphs describing genomic profiling at each of the participating GENIE center.

Table 2: Genomic Data Characterization by Center.
Speci
men
Type
s

CRUK

Form
alinfixed,
paraffi
nembe
dded
(FFP
E) v.
Fresh
Froze
n
(Fres
h
Froz)
Fresh
Froz

Speci
men
Tumo
r
Cellul
arity

Assay
Type

Coverage

Tumo
r
Cellul
arity
Cutoff

Hybridi
zation
Captur
e v.
PCR

Hots
pot
Regi
ons

>10%

Hybridi
zation

x

Cod
ing
Exo
ns

Intron
s
(sele
cted)

Platform

Prom
oters
(selec
ted)

Illu
min
a

X

Ion
Torr
ent

Callin
g
Strate
gy

Unmat
ched
(Tumo
r-only)
v.
Match
ed
(Tumo
rNorma
l)

Alteration Types

Single
Nucle
otide
Varia
nts
(SNV)

Sm
all
Ind
els

Ge
neLev
el
CN
A

Intrag
enic
CNA

x

x

x

x

Struc
tural
Varia
nts

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DFCI

FFPE

>20%

Captur
e

GRCC

Fresh
Froz

>10%

PCR

x

x

JHU

FFPE

>10%

PCR

x

x

MDA

FFPE

>20%

PCR

x

x

MSK

FFPE

>10%

Captur
e

NKI

FFPE

>10%

PCR

UCSF

FFPE
Fresh
Froz2

>25%

Captur
e

UHNsolid

FFPE

>10%

PCR

X

X

X

X

UHNmyeloi
d

FFPE

>10%

PCR

X

X

X

X

VICC

FFPE

>20%

Captur
e

VICCsolid/m
yeloid

FFPE

>10%

PCR

FFPE
,
Fresh

>20
%

Captur
e

WAKE

X

X

X

X

x

x

x

x

x
X

X

X

X

x

x

x

X

X

X

Tumor
Only

x

x

Tumor
Only

x

x

x

x

x

x

[1]

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

X

X

Tumor
only

X

X

Tumor
Only

x

x

Tumor
Only

X

X

Tumor
Only

X

X

Tumor
Only
Tumor
Only
Tumor
Norma
l
Tumor
Only
Match
ed &
Tumor
-only
Tumor
Norma
l or
Tumor
Only

x

[1]

x

x

[1] Structural variants or copy number events are identified and reported but have not been transferred to
GENIE.

Table 3: Gene Panels Submitted by Each Center.
Panel File

Panel Type
(PCR/Capture)

All Exons v.
Hotspot Regions

# of Genes

CRUK-TS.BED

Custom

Hotspot Regions

173

DFCI-ONCOPANEL1.TXT

Custom

All Exons

275

DFCI-ONCOPANEL2.TXT

Custom

All Exons

300

(all files are prepended as:
data_gene_panel_XXX)

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DFCI-ONCOPANEL3.TXT

Custom

All Exons

447

MSK-IMPACT341.TXT

Custom

All Exons

341

MSK-IMPACT410.TXT

Custom

All Exons

410

MSK-IMPACT468.TXT

Custom

All Exons

468

GRCC-CHP2.TXT

Ion AmpliSeq Cancer Hotspot
Panel v2

Hotspot Regions

50

GRCC-MOSC3.TXT

Ion AmpliSeq Cancer Hotspot
Panel v2

Hotspot Regions

74

GRCC-MOSC4.TXT

Ion AmpliSeq Cancer Hotspot
Panel v2 + Custom

Hotspot Regions

82

JHU-50GP-V2.TXT

Ion AmpliSeq Cancer Hotspot
Panel v2

Hotspot Regions

50

MDA-46-V1.TXT

Custom, based on Ion AmpliSeq
Cancer Hotspot Panel v1

Hotspot Regions

46

MDA-50-V1.TXT

Ion AmpliSeq Cancer Hotspot
Panel v2

Hotspot Regions

50

MDA-409-V1.TXT

Ion AmpliSeq Comprehensive
Cancer Panel

All Exons

409

NKI-TSACP-MISEQNGS.TXT

TruSeq Amplicon Cancer Panel

Hotspot Regions

48

UCSF-NIMV4.TXT

Custom

Coding exons,
select promoters
(TERT, SDHD
only) and
intronic/UTR
regions (47
genes)

481

UHN-48-V1.TXT

TruSeq Amplicon Cancer Panel

Hotspot Regions

48

UHN-50-V2.TXT

Ion AmpliSeq Cancer Hotspot
Panel v2

Hotspot Regions

50

UHN-2-V1.TXT

Sequenom MassArray

Hotspot Regions

2

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UHN-54-V1.TXT

TruSight Myeloid Sequencing
Panel

Hotspot Regions
– 39 genes, Full
gene- 15 genes

54

VICC-01-T5A.TXT

Foundation Medicine

All Exons

322

VICC-01-T7.TXT

Foundation Medicine

All Exons

429

VICC-01-SOLIDTUMOR

Custom

Hotspot Regions

31

VICC-01-MYELOID

Custom

Hotspot Regions

37

WAKE-CA-01.BED

Caris

All Exons

32

WAKE-CA-NGSQ3.BED

Caris

All Exons

577

WAKE-CLINICALR2D2.BED

Foundation Medicine

All Exons

234

WAKE-CLINICALT5A.BED

Foundation Medicine

All Exons

70

WAKE-CLINICALT7.BED

Foundation Medicine

All Exons

308

Genomic Profiling at Each Center
Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre, University of Cambridge (CRUK)
Sequencing data (SNVs/Indels):
DNA was quantified using Qubit HS dsDNA assay (Life Technologies, CA) and libraries were
prepared from a total of 50 ng of DNA using Illumina's Nextera Custom Target Enrichment kit
(Illumina, CA). In brief, a modified Tn5 transposase was used to simultaneously fragment DNA
and attach a transposon sequence to both end of the fragments generated. This was followed
by a limited cycle PCR amplification (11 cycles) using barcoded oligonucleotides that have
primer sites on the transposon sequence generating 96 uniquely barcoded libraries per run. The
libraries were then diluted and quantified using Qubit HS dsDNA assay.
Five hundred nanograms from each library were pooled into a capture pool of 12 samples.
Enrichment probes (80-mer) were designed and synthesized by Illumina; these probes were
designed to enrich for all exons of the target genes, as well for 500 bp up- and downstream of
the gene. The capture was performed twice to increase the specificity of the enrichment.
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quality of the libraries was assessed using Bioanalyser (Agilent Technologies, CA) and
quantified using KAPA Library Quantification Kits (Kapa Biosystems, MA).
Products from four capture reactions (that is, 48 samples) were pooled for sequencing in a lane
of Illumina HiSeq 2,000. Sequencing (paired-end, 100 bp) of samples and demultiplexing of
libraries was performed by Illumina (Great Chesterford, UK).
The sequenced reads were aligned with Novoalign, and the resulting BAM files were
preprocessed using the GATK Toolkit. Sequencing quality statistics were obtained using the
GATK’s DepthOfCoverage tool and Picard’s CalculateHsMetrics. Coverage metrics are
presented in Supplementary Fig. 1. Samples were excluded if <25% of the targeted bases were
covered at a minimum coverage of 50 × .
The identities of those samples with copy number array data available were confirmed by
analyzing the samples’ genotypes at loci covered by the Affymetrix SNP6 array. Genotype calls
from the sequencing data were compared with those from the SNP6 data that was generated for
the original studies. This was to identify possible contamination and sample mix-ups, as this
would affect associations with other data sets and clinical parameters.
To identify all variants in the samples, we used MuTect (without any filtering) for SNVs and the
Haplotype Caller for indels. All reads with a mapping quality <70 were removed prior to calling.
Variants were annotated with ANNOVAR using the genes’ canonical transcripts as defined by
Ensembl. Custom scripts were written to identify variants affecting splice sites using exon
coordinates provided by Ensembl. Indels were referenced by the first codon they affected
irrespective of length; for example, insertions of two bases and five bases at the same codon
were classed together.
To obtain the final set of mutation calls, we used a two-step approach, first removing any
spurious variant calls arising as a consequence of sequencing artefacts (generic filtering) and
then making use of our normal samples and the existing data to identify somatic mutations
(somatic filtering). For both levels of filtering, we used hard thresholds that were obtained,
wherever possible, from the data itself. For example, some of our filtering parameters were
derived from considering mutations in technical replicates (15 samples sequenced in triplicate).
We compared the distributions of key parameters (including quality scores, depth, VAF) for
concordant (present in all three replicates) and discordant (present in only one out of three
replicates) variants to obtain thresholds, and used ROC analysis to select the parameters that
best identified concordant variants.
SNV filtering
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Based on our analysis of replicates, SNVs with MuTect quality scores <6.95 were
removed.

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We removed those variants that overlapped with repetitive regions
of MUC16 (chromosome 19: 8,955,441–9,044,530). This segment contains multiple
tandem repeats (mucin repeats) that are highly susceptible to misalignment due to
sequence similarity.

•

Variants that failed MuTect’s internal filters due to ‘nearby_gap_events’ and
‘poor_mapping_regional_alternate_allele_mapq’ were removed.

•

Fisher’s exact test was used to identify variants exhibiting read direction bias (variants
occurring significantly more frequently in one read direction than in the other;
FDR=0.0001). These were filtered out from the variant calls.

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SNVs present at VAFs smaller than 0.1 or at loci covered by fewer than 10 reads were
removed, unless they were also present and confirmed somatic in the Catalogue of
Somatic Mutations in Cancer (COSMIC). The presence of well-known PIK3CA mutations
present at low VAFs was confirmed by digital PCR (see below), and supported the use
of COSMIC when filtering SNVs.

•

We removed all SNVs that were present in any of the three populations (AMR, ASN,
AFR) in the 1,000 Genomes study (Phase 1, release 3) with a population alternate allele
frequency of >1%.

•

We used the normal samples in our data set (normal pool) to control for both sequencing
noise and germline variants, and removed any SNV observed in the normal pool (at a
VAF of at least 0.1). However, for SNVs present in more than two breast cancer samples
in COSMIC, we used more stringent thresholds, removing only those that were observed
in >5% of normal breast tissue or in >1% of blood samples. The different thresholds
were used to avoid the possibility of contamination in the normal pool affecting filtering of
known somatic mutations. This is analogous to the optional ‘panel of normals’ filtering
step used by MuTect in paired mode, in which mutations present in normal samples are
removed unless present in a list of known mutations61.

Indel filtering
•

As for SNVs, we removed all indels falling within tandem repeats of MUC16 (coordinates
given above).

•

We removed all indels deemed to be of ‘LowQual’ by the Haplotype Caller with default
parameters (Phred-scaled confidence threshold=30).

•

As for SNVs, we removed indels displaying read direction bias. Indels with strand bias
Phred-scaled scores >40 were removed.

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•

We downloaded the Simple Repeats and Microsatellites tracks from the UCSC Table
Browser, and removed all indels overlapping these regions. We also removed all indels
that overlapped homopolymer stretches of six or more bases.

•

As for SNVs, indels were removed if present in the 1,000 Genomes database at an allele
frequency >1%, or if they were present in normal samples in our data set. Thresholds
were adjusted as for SNVs if the indel was present in COSMIC. The same thresholds for
depth and VAF were used.

Microarray data (Copy number):
DNA was hybridized to Affymetrix SNP 6.0 arrays per the manufacturer’s instructions. ASCAT
was used to obtain segmented copy number calls and estimates of tumour ploidy and purity.
Somatic CNAs were obtained by removing germline CNVs as defined in the original METABRIC
study3. We defined regions of LOH as those in which there were no copies present of either the
major or minor allele, irrespective of total copy number. Recurrent CNAs were identified with
GISTIC2, with log2 ratios obtained by dividing the total number of copies by tumour ploidy for
each ASCAT segment. Thresholds for identifying gains and losses were set to 0.4 and (−)0.5,
respectively; these values were obtained by examining the distribution of log2 ratios to identify
peaks associated with copy number states. A broad length cut-off of 0.98 was used, and peaks
were assessed to rule out probe artefacts and CNVs that may have been originally missed.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI)
DFCI uses a custom, hybridization-based capture panel (OncoPanel) to detect single nucleotide
variants, small indels, copy number alterations, and structural variants from tumor-only
sequencing data. Three (3) versions of the panel have been submitted to GENIE: version 1
containing 275 genes, version 2 containing 300 genes, version 3 containing 447 genes.
Specimens are reviewed by a pathologist to ensure tumor cellularity of at least 20%. Tumors are
sequenced to an average unique depth of coverage of approximately 200x for version 1 and 350x
for version 2. Reads are aligned using BWA, flagged for duplicate read pairs using Picard Tools,
and locally realigned using GATK. Sequence mutations are called using MuTect for SNVs and
GATK SomaticIndelDetector for small indels. Putative germline variants are filtered out using a
panel of historical normals or if present in ESP at a frequency >= .1%, unless the variant is also
present in COSMIC. Copy number alterations are called using a custom pipeline and reported for
fold-change >1. Structural rearrangements are called using BreaKmer. Testing is performed for
all patients across all solid tumor types. Version 3 includes the exonic regions of 447 genes and
191 intronic regions across 60 genes targeted for rearrangement detection. 52 genes present in
previous versions were retired in the v3 test.
Institut Gustave Roussy (GRCC)

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Gustave Roussy Cancer Centre submitted data includes somatic variants (single nucleotide
variants and small indels) identified with Cancer Hotspot Panel v2 from tumor-only sequence data.
Several versions of the panel have been used: CHP2 covering hotspots in 50 genes, MOSC3
covering hotspots in 74 genes and MOSC4 covering 89 genes. Tumors are sequenced to an
average unique depth of coverage of >500X. The sequencing data were analyzed with the Torrent
SuiteTM Variant Caller 4.2 and higher and reported somatic variants were compared with the
reference genome GRCh37 (hg19). The variants were called if >5 reads supported the variant
and/or total base depth >50 and/or variant allele frequency >1% was observed. All the variants
identified were visually controlled on .bam files using Alamut v2.4.2 software (Interactive
Biosoftware). All the germline variants found in 1000 Genomes Project or ESP (Exome
Sequencing Project database) with frequency >0.1% were removed. All somatic mutations were
annotated, sorted, and interpreted by an expert molecular biologist according to available
databases (COSMIC, TCGA) and medical literature.
The submitted data set was obtained from selected patients that were included in the MOSCATO
trial (MOlecular Screening for CAncer Treatment Optimization) (NCT01566019). This trial
collected on-purpose tumour samples (from the primary or from a metastatic site) that are
immediately fresh-frozen, and subsequently analyzed for targeted gene panel sequencing.
Tumour cellularity was assessed by a senior pathologist on a haematoxylin and eosin slide from
the same biopsy core to ensure tumor cellularity of at least 10%.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDA)
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center submitted data in the current data set
includes sequence variants (small indels and point mutations) identified using an ampliconbased targeted hotspot tumor-only assay, and sequence variants/gene level amplifications
identified on an amplicon-based exonic gene panel which incorporates germline variant
subtraction (MDA-409). Two different amplicon pools and pipeline versions are included for the
hotspot tumor-only assays: a 46-gene assay (MDA-46) corresponding to customized version of
AmpliSeq Cancer Hotspot Panel, v1 (Life Technologies), and a 50-gene assay (MDA-50)
corresponding to the AmpliSeq Hotspot Panel v2. The exonic assay with germline variant
subtraction and amplification detection corresponds to the AmpliSeq Comprehensive Cancer
Panel. DNA was extracted from unstained sections of tissue paired with a stained section that
was used to ensure adequate tumor cellularity (human assessment > 20%) and marking of the
tumor region of interest (macrodissection). Sequencing was performed on an Ion Torrent PGM
(hotspot) or Proton (exonic). Tumors were sequenced to a minimum depth of coverage (per
amplicon) of approximately 250X. Bioinformatics pipeline for MDA-46 was executed using
TorrentSuite 2.0.1 signal processing, basecalling, alignment and variant calling. For MDA-50,
TorrentSuite 3.6 was used. Initial calls were made by Torrent Variant Caller (TVC) using lowstringency somatic parameters. For MDA-50, TorrentSuite 3.6 was used. For MDA-409,
TorrentSuite 4.4 was used. For MDA-409, TorrentSuite 4.4 was used. Initial calls were made
by Torrent Variant Caller (TVC) using low-stringency somatic parameters.

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All called variants were parsed into a custom annotation & reporting system, OncoSeek, with a
back-end SQL Server database using a convergent data model for all sequencing platforms used
by the laboratory. Calls were reviewed with initial low stringency to help ensure that low effective
tumor cellularity samples do not get reported as false negative samples. Nominal variant filters
(5% variant allelic frequency minimum, 25 variant coverage minimum, variant not present in
paired germline DNA for the exonic assay) can then be applied dynamically. Clinical sequencing
reports were generated using OncoSeek to transform genomic representations into HGVS
nomenclature. To create VCF files for this project, unfiltered low stringency VCF files were
computationally cross checked against a regular expressions-based variant extract from clinical
reports. Only cases where all extracted variants from the clinical report were deterministically
mappable to the unfiltered VCF file and corresponding genomic coordinates were marked for
inclusion in this dataset. This method filters a small number of cases where complex indels may
not have originally been called correctly at the VCF level. Testing is performed for patients with
advanced metastatic cancer across all solid tumor types.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK)
MSK uses a custom, hybridization-based capture panel (MSK-IMPACT) to detect single
nucleotide variants, small indels, copy number alterations, and structural variants from matched
tumor-normal sequence data. Three (3) versions of the panel have been submitted to GENIE:
version 1 containing 341 genes, version 2 containing 410 genes, version 3 containing 468 genes.
Specimens are reviewed by a pathologist to ensure tumor cellularity of at least 10%. Tumors are
sequenced to an average unique depth of coverage of approximately 750X. Reads are aligned
using BWA, flagged for duplicate read pairs using GATK, and locally realigned using ABRA.
Sequence mutations are called using MuTect, VarDict, and Somatic indel detector, and reported
for >5% allele frequency (novel variants) or >2% allele frequency (recurrent hotspots). Copy
number alterations are called using a custom pipeline and reported for fold-change >2. Structural
rearrangements are called using Delly. All somatic mutations are reported without regard to
biological function. Testing is performed for patients with advanced metastatic cancer across all
solid tumor types.

Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center (JHU)
Johns Hopkins submitted genomic data from the Ion AmpliSeq Cancer Hotspot Panel v2, which
detects mutations in cancer hotspots from tumor-only analysis. Data from the JHU_50GP_V2
panel covering frequently mutated regions in 50 genes was submitted to GENIE. Pathologist
inspection of an H&E section ensured adequate tumor cellularity (approximately 10% or greater).
DNA was extracted from the macro-dissected FFPE tumor region of interest. Tumors are
sequenced to an average unique read depth of coverage of greater than 500X. For alignment the
TMAP aligner developed by Life Technology for the Ion Torrent sequencing platform is used to
align to hg19/GRCh37 using the manufacturer’s suggested settings. Tumor variants are called
with a variety of tools. Samtools mpileup is run on the aligned .bam file and then processed with
custom perl scripts (via a naive variant caller) to identify SNV and INS/DEL. Specimen variant
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filters have a total read depth filter of >= 100, a variant allele coverage of >= 10, variant allele
frequency for substitutions >= 0.05, variant allele frequency for small (less than 50 base pair)
insertions or deletions >= 0.05, and "strand bias" of total reads and of variant alleles are both less
than 2-fold when comparing forward and reverse reads. Additionally, variants seen in greater than
20% of a set of non-neoplastic control tissues (>3 of 16 samples) with the same filter criteria are
excluded. Finally, variants documented as “common” in dbSNP and not known to COSMIC are
excluded. The cohort includes both primary and metastatic lesions and some repeated sampling
of the same patient.
Netherlands Cancer Center (NKI), The Netherlands
NKI uses Illumina TruSeq Amplicon – Cancer Panel (TSACP) to detect known cancer hotspots
from tumor-only sequencing data. A single gene panel, NKI-TSACP covering known hotspots in
48 genes with 212 amplicons has been used. Specimens are reviewed by a pathologist to ensure
tumor cellularity of at least 10%. Tumors are sequenced to an average unique depth of coverage
of approximately 4000x. The sample plate and sample sheet are made using the Illumina
Experiment Manager software before running the sample on the MiSeq Sequencing System
(Illumina, SY-410-1003) and MiSeq Reporter (v2.5) is used for data analysis. Reads are aligned
using Banded Smith Waterman (v2.5.1.3), and samtools is used to further sort and index the BAM
files. Variant calling is performed via the Illumina somatic variant caller (v3.5.2.1). Further detailed
variant analysis (e.g. removal of known artifacts, known benign SNPs and variants with read depth
< 200 or VAF < 0.05 and manual classification) is performed via Cartagenia BenchLab
(https://cartagenia.com/). Testing is performed for all patients across all solid tumor types.
University of California-San Francisco (UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer
Center) (UCSF)
•

UCSF uses a custom, hybridization-based capture panel (UCSF500) to detect single
nucleotide variants, small indels, copy number alterations, and structural variants from
both matched tumor-normal and tumor-only specimens. The current version of the assay
consists of 481 genes and includes coverage of select promoter regions (TERT and
SDHD) as well as the intronic or UTR regions of 47 genes for the detection of structural
rearrangements. Testing is performed for patients with solid or hematological
malignancies. Specimens are reviewed by a pathologist to ensure tumor cellularity of
greater than 25%. Tumor DNA is extracted from sections of FFPE tissue; for uveal
melanoma cases, frozen fresh fine needle aspirates are accepted. Normal DNA can be
extracted from peripheral blood draw, buccal swab, or micro-dissected non-lesional
areas. Hybridization capture is performed with SeqCap EZ target enrichment kit;
sequencing platform is the HiSeq2500. Tumors are sequenced to an average unique
depth of coverage of approximately >500X. FASTQC is run on unaligned sequencing
reads to collect read-level summary statistics for downstream quality control;
additionally, a suite of Picard tools are also run to assess quality metrics from
sequencing runs. BWA-MEM aligner is used to align sequencing reads from each
sample to the reference genome (hg19). The following bioinformatic workflows are used
for variant calling:
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SNV callers:
o Tumor sample: FreeBayes, GATK UnifiedGenotyper, Pindel
o Normal sample: FreeBayes, GATK HaplotypeCaller, Pindel
o Matched pairs: FreeBayes, Mutect, GATK SomaticIndelDetector
Structural variant callers:
o DELLY
o Pindel calls larger than 100bp are treated as structural variants
Copy Number Calls:
o CNVkit using a reference profile for normalization of 30 pooled normal samples
Variants are removed if present with frequency >= 1% in ESP6500 or 1000 Genomes
datasets, or >=5% in ExAC. Known sequencing artifacts are removed. Variants with < 50x
total coverage in the tumor sample are removed.

Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network (UHN)
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre used three (3) panels to sequence samples for the GENIE
3.0.0 release - UHN-48-V1, UHN-50-V2, and UHN-54-V1. Each panel is described below:

Illumina TruSeq Amplicon panel (UHN-48-V1): Princess Margaret Cancer Centre used the
TruSeq Amplicon Cancer Panel (TSACP, Illumina) to detect single nucleotide variants and small
indels from matched tumor-normal sequencing data. Specimens are reviewed by a pathologist
to ensure tumor cellularity of at least 20%. Tumors are sequenced to an average unique depth
of coverage of approximately 500x and normal blood samples to 100x. Data was processed
using one of two workflows:
1. Data analysis of tumor-normal pairs processed by UHN_TSACP_workflow_v2:
MiSeq fastq were aligned using (MiSeq Reporter v2.4.60 and the corresponding
default version of hg19) followed by local realignment and BQSR using GATK v3.3.0.
Somatic sequence mutations were called, using MuTect (v1.1.5) for SNVs and
Varscan (v2.3.8) for indels, using both normal and tumor data. Data were filtered to
ensure there are no variants included with frequency of 3% or more in the normal
sample. Results were filtered to keep only those with tumor variant allele frequency
of at least 10%.
2. Data analysis of tumor only processed by UHN_TSACP_tumorONLY_v2_workflow:
MiSeq fastq were aligned using (MiSeq Reporter v2.4.60 and the corresponding
default version of hg19) followed by local realignment and BQSR using GATK v3.3.0.
Sequence mutations (SNV and indel) were called using Varscan (v2.3.8). Results
were filtered to keep only those with tumor variant allele frequency of at least 10%.
ThermoFisher Ion AmpliSeq Cancer Panel (UHN-50-V2): Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
also used the TruSeq Amplicon Cancer Panel (TSACP, Illumina) to detect single nucleotide
variants and small indels from matched tumor-normal sequencing data. Specimens were
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to an average unique depth of coverage of approximately 500x and normal blood samples to
100x. Ion Torrent data was converted to fastq and sequences were aligned using NextGENe
Software v2.3.1. NextGENe Software v2.3.1 provides a version of hg19
(Human_v37_3_dbsnp_135_dna). NextGENe was used to call SNV and indels. Results were
then filtered to keep all with VAF of at least 10% and total coverage of at least 100x.
Sequenom MassArray Panel (UHN-2-V1): Princess Margaret Cancer Centre also used the
Sequenom MassArray Solid Tumor Panel v1.0 assay to detect variants from tumor samples.
Mutation calling was determined using the TyperAnalyzer software and results were filtered to
include only postions listed in the bed file.
Illumina TruSeq Myeloid Sequencing Panel (UHN-54-V1): Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
also used the TruSeq Myeloid Sequencing Panel (Illumina) to detect single nucleotide variants
and small indels in DNA from bone marrow or peripheral blood samples from patients with acute
leukemia, myelodysplastic syndrome, or myeloproliferative neoplasms. The diagnosis of each
patient was confirmed by hematopathologist using the 2016 revision of the World Health
Organization classification system for myeloid neoplasms. Tumors were sequenced to an
average unique depth of coverage of approximately 500x. MiSeq fastq were aligned using
(MiSeq Reporter v2.4.60 and the corresponding default version of hg19). MiSeq Reporter was
then used to call variants. In the "Illumina Experiment Manager", "TruSeq Amplicon Workflow –
specific settings" were adjusted as follows: “Export to gVCF – MaxIndelSize” from default “25” to
“55”. Results were then filtered to keep only those with tumor variant allele frequency of at least
10% and a depth of coverage greater than 500x.
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC)
Foundation medicine panels: VICC uses Illumina hybridization-based capture panels from
Foundation Medicine to detect single nucleotide variants, small indels, copy number alterations
and structural variants from tumor-only sequencing data. Two gene panels were used: Panel 1
(T5a bait set), covering 326 genes and; and Panel 2 (T7 bait set), covering 434 genes. DNA was
extracted from unstained FFPE sections, and H&E stained sections were used to ensure
nucleated cellularity ≥ 80% and tumor cellularity ≥ 20%, with use of macro-dissection to enrich
samples with ≤20% tumor content. A pool of 5’-biotinylated DNA 120bp oligonucleotides were
designed as baits with 60bp overlap in targeted exon regions and 20bp overlap in targeted introns
with a minimum of 3 baits per target and 1 bait per SNP target. The goal was a depth of
sequencing between 750x and 1000x. Mapping to the reference genome was accomplished using
BWA, local alignment optimizations with GATK, and PCR duplicate read removal and sequence
metric collection with Picard and Samtools. A Bayesian methodology incorporating tissue-specific
prior expectations allowed for detection of novel somatic mutations at low MAF and increased
sensitivity at hotspots. Final single nucleotide variant (SNV) calls were made at MAF≥ 5% (MAF≥
1% at hotspots) with filtering for strand bias, read location bias and presence of two or more
normal controls. Indels were detected using the deBrujn approach of de novo local assembly
within each targeted exon and through direct read alignment and then filtered as described for
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method to obtain a log-ratio profile of the sample to estimate tumor purity and copy number.
Absolute copy number was assigned to segments based on Gibbs sampling. To detect gene
fusions, chimeric read pairs were clustered by genomic coordinates and clusters containing at
least 10 chimeric pairs were identified as rearrangement candidates. Rare tumors and metastatic
samples were prioritized for sequencing, but ultimately sequencing was at the clinician’s
discretion.
VICC also submitted data from 2 smaller hotspot amplicon panels, one used for all myeloid (VICC01-myeloid) tumors and 1 used for some solid tumors (VICC-01-solidtumor). These panels detect
point mutations and small indels from 37 and 31 genes, respectively. Solid tumor H&E were
inspected to ensure adequate tumor cellularity (>10%). Sections were macrodissected if
necessary, and DNA was extracted. Tumors were sequenced to an average depth greater than
1000X. Reads were aligned to hg19/GRCh37 with novoalign, and single nucleotide variants,
insertions and deletions greater than 5% were called utilizing a customized bioinformatic pipeline.
Large (15bp and greater) FLT3 insertions were called using a specialized protocol and were
detected to a 0.5% allelic burden.

Wake Forest University Health Sciences (Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center) (WAKE)
We utilized the sequencing analysis pipelines from Foundation Medicine and Caris to analyze
clinical samples and support. Enrichment of target sequences was achieved by solution-based
hybrid capture with custom biotinylated oligonucleotide bases. Enriched libraries were
sequenced to an average median depth of >500× with 99% of bases covered >100×
(IlluminaHiSeq 2000 platform using 49 × 49 paired-end reads). The clinical sequencing data
were analyzed by Foundation Medicine and Caris developed pipelines. Sequenced reads were
mapped to the reference human genome (hg19) using the Burrows-Wheeler Aligner and the
publicly available SAM tools, Picard, and Genome Analysis Toolkit. Point mutations were
identified by a Bayesian algorithm; short insertions and deletions determined by local assembly;
gene copy number alterations identified by comparison to process-matched normal controls;
and gene fusions/rearrangements determined by clustering chimeric reads mapped to targeted
introns. Following by computational analysis with tools such as MutSig and CHASM , the driver
mutations can be identified which may help the selection of treatment strategy. In addition, the
initial report of the analysis of 470 cases has been published and highlighted on the cover of the
journal Theranostics in 2017.

Pipeline for Annotating Mutations and Filtering
Putative Germline SNPs
Contributing GENIE centers provided mutation data in Variant Call Format (VCF vcf2maf
v1.6.14, samtools.github.io/hts-specs) or Mutation Annotation Format (MAF v2.x,
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) with additional fields for read counts supporting variant alleles, reference alleles, and total
depth. Some “MAF-like” text files with minimal required columns
(https://github.com/mskcc/vcf2maf/blob/v1.6.14/data/minimalist_test_maf.tsv) were also
received from the participating centers. These various input formats were converted into a
complete tab-separated MAF v2.4 format, with a standardized set of additional columns
(https://github.com/mskcc/vcf2maf/blob/v1.6.14/docs/vep_maf_readme.txt) using either vcf2maf
or maf2maf v1.6.14 (https://github.com/mskcc/vcf2maf/tree/v1.6.14) wrappers around the
Variant Effect Predictor (VEP v86,
https://github.com/mskcc/vcf2maf/blob/v1.6.14/docs/vep_maf_readme.txt). The vcf2maf
“custom-enst” option overrode VEP’s canonical isoform for most genes, with Uniprot’s canonical
isoform (https://github.com/mskcc/vcf2maf/blob/v1.6.14/data/isoform_overrides_uniprot).
While the GENIE data available from Sage contains all mutation data, the following mutation
types are automatically filtered upon import into the cBioPortal (http://www.cbioportal.org/genie):
Silent, Intronic, 3’ UTR, 3’ Flank, 5’ UTR, 5’ Flank and Intergenic region (IGR).
Six of the eight GENIE participating centers performed tumor-only sequencing i.e. without also
sequencing a patient-matched control sample like blood, to isolate somatic events. These
centers minimized artifacts and germline events using pooled controls from unrelated
individuals, or using databases of known artifacts, common germline variants, and recurrent
somatic mutations. However, there remains a risk that such centers may inadvertently release
germline variants that can theoretically be used for patient re-identification. To minimize this
risk, the GENIE consortium developed a stringent germline filtering pipeline, and applied it
uniformly to all variants across all centers. This pipeline flags sufficiently recurrent artifacts and
germline events reported by the Exome Aggregation Consortium (ExAC,
http://exac.broadinstitute.org). Specifically, the non-TCGA subset VCF of ExAC 0.3.1 was used
after excluding known somatic events in
https://github.com/mskcc/vcf2maf/blob/v1.6.14/data/known_somatic_sites.bed, based on:
●
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Hotspots from Chang et al. minus some likely artifacts (dx.doi.org/10.1038/nbt.3391).
Somatic mutations associated with clonal hematopoietic expansion from Xie et al.
(dx.doi.org/10.1038/nm.3733).
Somatically mutable germline sites at MSH6:F1088, TP53:R290, TERT:E280,
ASXL1:G645_G646.

The resulting VCF was used with vcf2maf’s “filter-vcf” option, to match each variant position and
allele to per-subpopulation allele counts. If a variant was seen more than 10 times in any of the 7
ExAC subpopulations, it was tagged as a “common_variant” (vcf2maf’s “max-filter-ac” option),
and subsequently removed. This >10 allele count (AC) cutoff was selected because it tagged no
more than 1% of the somatic calls across all MSK-IMPACT samples with patient-matched
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Description of Data Files
The following is a summary of all data files available in the release.
Table 4: GENIE Data Files.
File Name

Description

Details

data_mutations_extended.txt

Mutation data.

For a description of the MAF file
format, see:
https://docs.gdc.cancer.gov/Data
/File_Formats/MAF_Format/

Tab-delimited Mutation
Annotation Format (MAF).
data_CNA.txt

Discretized copy number data.
Tab-delimited: rows represent
genes, columns represent
individual samples.
Note: not all centers contributed
copy number data to GENIE.

data_fusions.txt

Structural variant data.
Tab-delimited: rows represent
individual structural variants
identified in samples, columns
represent variant details.
Note: not all centers contributed
structural rearrangement data to
GENIE.

-2: deep loss, possibly a
homozygous deletion
-1: single-copy loss
(heterozygous deletion)
0: diploid
1: low-level gain
2: high-level amplification.
HUGO_SYMBOL: HUGO gene
symbol.
CENTER: GENIE center.
TUMOR_SAMPLE_BARCODE:
GENIE Sample ID.
FUSION: A description of the
fusion, e.g., "TMPRSS2-ERG
fusion".
DNA_SUPPORT: Fusion
detected from DNA sequence
data, "yes" or "no".
RNA_SUPPORT: Fusion
detected from RNA sequence
data, "yes" or "no".
FRAME: "in-frame" or
"frameshift".

genie_combined.bed

Combined BED file describing
genomic coordinates covered by

For a description of the BED file
format, see:

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all platforms contributed to
GENIE.
genie_data_cna_hg19.seg

https://genome.ucsc.edu/FAQ/F
AQformat#format1

Segmented copy number data.
Tab-delimited: rows represent
copy number events within
samples, columns represent
genomic coordinates and
continuous copy number values.
Note: not all centers contributed
segmented copy number data to
GENIE.

data_clinical.txt

De-identified tier 1 clinical data.

See Clinical Data section below
for more details.

Tab-delimited: rows represent
samples, columns represent deidentified clinical attributes.

Clinical Data
A limited set of Tier 1 clinical data have been submitted by each center to provide clinical
context to the genomic results (Table 5). Additional clinical data elements, including staging,
treatments, and outcomes will be added in the future. When possible the clinical data are
collected at the institutions in a fashion that can be mapped to established oncology data
specifications, such as the North American Association of Central Cancer Registrars
(NAACCR).
Table 5: GENIE Tier 1 Clinical Data Fields.
Data Element

Example Values

Data Description

AGE_AT_SEQ_REPORT

Integer values, <18 or >89.

The age of the patient at the time that the
sequencing results were reported. Age is
masked for patients aged 90 years and
greater and for patients under 18 years.

CENTER

CRUK
DFCI
GRCC
JHU
MDA
MSK
NKI
UCSF

The center submitting the clinical and
genomic data.

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UHN
VICC
WAKE
ETHNICITY

Non-Spanish/non-Hispanic
Spanish/Hispanic
Unknown

Indication of Spanish/Hispanic origin of the
patient; this data element maps to the
NAACCR v16, Element #190. Institutions
not collecting Spanish/Hispanic origin have
set this column to Unknown.

ONCOTREE_CODE

LUAD

The primary cancer diagnosis code based
on the OncoTree ontology
(http://cbioportal.org/oncotree). The
version of Oncotree ontology that was
used for GENIE 5.0-public is 2017_06_21.

PATIENT_ID

GENIE-JHU-1234

The unique, anonymized patient identifier
for the GENIE project. Conforms to the
following the convention: GENIECENTER-1234. The first component is the
string, "GENIE"; the second component is
the Center abbreviation. The third
component is an anonymized unique
identifier for the patient.

PRIMARY_RACE

Asian
Black
Native American
Other
Unknown
White

The primary race recorded for the patient;
this data element maps to the NAACCR
v16, Element #160. For institutions
collecting more than one race category,
this race code is the primary race for the
patient. Institutions not collecting race
have set this field to Unknown..

SAMPLE_ID

GENIE-JHU-1234-9876

The unique, anonymized sample identifier
for the GENIE project. Conforms to the
following the convention: GENIECENTER-1234-9876. The first component
is the string, "GENIE"; the second
component is the Center abbreviation.
The third component is an anonymized,
unique patient identifier. The fourth
component is a unique identifier for the
sample that will distinguish between two or
more specimens from a single patient.

SAMPLE_TYPE

Primary
Metastasis
Unspecified

Sample type, e.g. Primary or Metastasis.

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SEQ_ASSAY_ID

DFCI-ONCOPANEL-1
DFCI-ONCOPANEL-2
MSK-IMPACT341
MSK-IMPACT410

The institutional assay identifier for
genomic testing platform. Components are
separated by hyphens, with the first
component corresponding to the Center's
abbreviation. All specimens tested by the
same platform should have the same
identifier.

SEX

Female
Male

The patient’s sex code; this data element
maps to the NAACCR v16, Element #220.

CANCER_TYPE

Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer The primary cancer diagnosis “main type”,
based on the OncoTree ontology
(http://cbioportal.org/oncotree). For
example, the OncoTree code of LUAD
maps to: “Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer”.
The version of Oncotree ontology that was
used for GENIE 5.0-public is 2017_06_21.

CANCER_TYPE_DETAILED Lung Adenocarcinoma

The primary cancer diagnosis label, based
on the OncoTree ontology
(http://cbioportal.org/oncotree). For
example, the OncoTree code of LUAD
maps to the label: “Lung Adenocarcinoma
(LUAD)”. The version of Oncotree
ontology that was used for GENIE 5.0public is 2017_06_21.

Cancer types are reported using the OncoTree ontology (http://oncotree.mskcc.org/oncotree/),
originally developed at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Version 5.0-public of GENIE uses
the OncoTree specification from June 21, 2017, containing diagnosis codes for 524 tumor types from
32 tissues. The centers participating in GENIE applied the OncoTree cancer types to the tested
specimens in a variety of methods depending on center-specific workflows. A brief description of
how the cancer type assignment process for each center is specified in Table 6.

Table 6: Center Strategies for OncoTree Assignment.
Center

OncoTree Cancer Type Assignments

CRUK

Molecular pathologists assigned diagnosis and mapped to OncoTree cancer type.

DFCI

Molecular pathologists assigned diagnosis and mapped to OncoTree cancer type.

GRCC

OncoTree cancer types were mapped from ICD-O codes.

JHU

Molecular pathologists assigned diagnosis and mapped to OncoTree cancer type.

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MDA

OncoTree cancer types were mapped from ICD-O codes.

MSK

Molecular pathologists assigned diagnosis and mapped to OncoTree cancer type.

NKI

Molecular pathologists assigned diagnosis and mapped to OncoTree cancer type.

UCSF

Original diagnosis from pathologist was mapped to OncoTree cancer type by
molecular pathologists from Clinical Cancer Genomics Laboratory.

UHN

Original diagnosis from pathologist was mapped to OncoTree diagnosis by
medical oncologist and research manager.

VICC

OncoTree cancer types were mapped from ICD-O codes. If no ICD-O code was
available, research manager mapped pathologist and/or medical oncologist
diagnosis to OncoTree cancer type.

WAKE

We have mapped Foundation Medicine and Caris Diagnosis to ICD-O-3 with a
process then utilized the ICD-O-3/Oncotree mapping.

Abbreviations and Acronym Glossary
Abbreviation

Full Term

AACR

American Association for Cancer Research

CNA

Copy number alterations

CNV

Copy number variants

CRUK

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre, University of Cambridge,
Cambridge, England

DFCI

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

FFPE

Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded

GENIE

Genomics, Evidence, Neoplasia, Information, Exchange

GRCC

Institut Gustave Roussy

HIPAA

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

IRB

Institutional Review Board

JHU

Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center

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MAF

Mutation annotation format

MDA

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

MSK

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

NAACCR

North American Association of Central Cancer Registries

NGS

Next-generation sequencing

NKI

Netherlands Cancer Institute

PCR

Polymerase chain reaction

PHI

Protected Health Information

SNP

Single-nucleotide polymorphism

SNV

Single-nucleotide variants

UCSF

University of California-San Francisco (UCSF Helen Diller Family
Comprehensive Cancer Center), San Francisco, California

UHN

Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network

VCF

Variant Call Format

VICC

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

WAKE

Wake Forest University Health Sciences (Wake Forest Baptist
Medical Center), Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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