Mutation allele frequency threshold does not affect prognostic analysis using next-generation sequencing in oral squamous cell carcinoma
Ma J, Fu Y, Tu YY, Liu Y, Tan YR, Ju WT, Pickering CR, Myers JN, Zhang ZY, Zhong LP. Mutation allele frequency threshold does not affect prognostic analysis using next-generation sequencing in oral squamous cell carcinoma. BMC Cancer 2018, 18: 758. PMID: 30041611, PMCID: PMC6057048, DOI: 10.1186/s12885-018-4481-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOral squamous cell carcinomaSquamous cell carcinomaPrognostic analysisOSCC patientsCell carcinomaMethodsForty-six patientsClinical outcome analysisNext-generation sequencingAllele frequency thresholdWild-type genotypeParaffin-embedded tissuesNon-synonymous mutationsAllele frequenciesClinical outcomesOutcome analysisPatientsPanel of cancerType genotypeSignificant differencesCarcinomaFrequency thresholdNotch1CDKN2AMutationsCASP8