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Sarcoma classification by DNA methylation profiling

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  • Christian Koelsche, Heidelberg University , German Cancer Research Center
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  • Daniel Schrimpf, Heidelberg University , German Cancer Research Center
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  • Damian Stichel, German Cancer Research Center
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  • Martin Sill, Hopp Children’s Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ), German Cancer Research Center
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  • Felix Sahm, Heidelberg University , German Cancer Research Center
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  • David E Reuss, Heidelberg University , German Cancer Research Center
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  • Mirjam Blattner, Hopp Children’s Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ), German Cancer Research Center
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  • Barbara Worst, Hopp Children’s Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ), German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg University 
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  • Christoph E Heilig, Division of Preventive Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
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  • Katja Beck, Division of Preventive Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
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  • Peter Horak, Division of Preventive Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
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  • Simon Kreutzfeldt, Division of Preventive Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
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  • Elke Paff, Hopp Children’s Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ), Heidelberg University , German Cancer Research Center
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  • Sebastian Stark, Hopp Children’s Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ), German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg University 
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  • Pascal Johann, Hopp Children’s Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ), German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg University 
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  • Florian Selt, Hopp Children’s Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ), German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg University 
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  • Jonas Ecker, Hopp Children’s Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ), Heidelberg University , German Cancer Research Center
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  • Dominik Sturm, Hopp Children’s Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ), German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg University 
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  • Kristian W Pajtler, Hopp Children’s Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ), Heidelberg University , German Cancer Research Center
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  • Annekathrin Reinhardt, Heidelberg University , German Cancer Research Center
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  • Annika K Wefers, Heidelberg University , German Cancer Research Center
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  • Philipp Sievers, Heidelberg University , German Cancer Research Center
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  • Azadeh Ebrahimi, German Cancer Research Center
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  • Abigail Suwala, Heidelberg University , German Cancer Research Center
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  • Francisco Fernández-Klett, Heidelberg University , German Cancer Research Center
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  • Belén Casalini, German Cancer Research Center
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  • Andrey Korshunov, Heidelberg University , German Cancer Research Center
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  • Volker Hovestadt, Broad Institute
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  • Felix K F Kommoss, Heidelberg University 
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  • Mark Kriegsmann, Heidelberg University 
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  • Matthias Schick, German Cancer Research Center
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  • Melanie Bewerunge-Hudler, German Cancer Research Center
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  • Till Milde, Hopp Children’s Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ), Heidelberg University , German Cancer Research Center
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  • Olaf Witt, Hopp Children’s Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ), German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg University 
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  • Andreas E Kulozik, Hopp Children’s Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ), Heidelberg University 
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  • Marcel Kool, Hopp Children’s Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ), German Cancer Research Center
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  • Laura Romero-Pérez, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
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  • Thomas G P Grünewald, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
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  • Thomas Kirchner, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
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  • Wolfgang Wick, Heidelberg University , German Cancer Research Center
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  • Michael Platten, Heidelberg University , German Cancer Research Center
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  • Andreas Unterberg, Heidelberg University 
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  • Matthias Uhl, Heidelberg University 
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  • Amir Abdollahi, Heidelberg University , German Cancer Research Center
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  • Jürgen Debus, Heidelberg University , German Cancer Research Center
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  • Burkhard Lehner, Heidelberg University 
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  • Christian Thomas, University of Münster
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  • Martin Hasselblatt, University of Münster
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  • Werner Paulus, University of Münster
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  • Christian Hartmann, Laboratory of Molecular Pathology, Institute of Pathology, Locarno, Switzerland., Hannover Medical School
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  • Ori Staszewski, University of Freiburg
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  • Marco Prinz, University of Freiburg
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  • Jürgen Hench, University of Basel
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  • Stephan Frank, University of Basel
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  • Yvonne M H Versleijen-Jonkers, Radboud University Nijmegen
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  • Marije E Weidema, Radboud University Nijmegen
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  • Thomas Mentzel, Dermatopathology Bodensee
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  • Klaus Griewank, University of Duisburg-Essen
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  • Enrique de Álava, University of Seville
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  • Juan Díaz Martín, University of Seville
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  • Miguel A Idoate Gastearena, University of Navarra
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  • Kenneth Tou-En Chang, KK Women's and Children's Hospital
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  • Sharon Yin Yee Low, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience Institute of Turin, University of Turin & National Institute Neuroscience, Turin
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  • Adrian Cuevas-Bourdier, National Center of Pathology (NCP)
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  • Michel Mittelbronn, National Center of Pathology (NCP), University of Luxembourg
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  • Martin Mynarek, University of Hamburg
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  • Stefan Rutkowski, University of Hamburg
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  • Ulrich Schüller, University of Hamburg
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  • Viktor F Mautner, University of Hamburg
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  • Jens Schittenhelm, University of Tübingen
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  • Jonathan Serrano, New York University
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  • Matija Snuderl, New York University
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  • Reinhard Büttner, University of Cologne
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  • Thomas Klingebiel, University of Tartu
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  • Rolf Buslei, Sozialstiftung Bamberg
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  • Manfred Gessler, University of Würzburg
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  • Pieter Wesseling, Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Amsterdam UMC
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  • Winand N M Dinjens, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute
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  • Sebastian Brandner, University College London
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  • Zane Jaunmuktane, University College London
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  • Iben Lyskjær
  • Peter Schirmacher, Heidelberg University 
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  • Albrecht Stenzinger, Heidelberg University 
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  • Benedikt Brors, German Cancer Research Center
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  • Hanno Glimm, Division of Preventive Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
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  • Christoph Heining, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg and German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Dresden, Germany; National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Partner Site Dresden, Germany; Medical Systems Biology, University Cancer Center (UCC), University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany.
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  • Oscar M Tirado, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Department of Pathology, Bellvitge University Hospital, L'Hospitalet, Barcelona, 08908 Catalonia, Spain.
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  • Miguel Sáinz-Jaspeado, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Department of Pathology, Bellvitge University Hospital, L'Hospitalet, Barcelona, 08908 Catalonia, Spain.
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  • Jaume Mora, Hospital Sant Joan de Deu, Barcelona, Spain.
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  • Javier Alonso, Institute of Rare Diseases Research (Instituto de Investigación de Enfermedades Raras/IIER), & Consortium for Biomedical Research in Rare Diseases (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras/CIBERER), Carlos III Institute of Health (Instituto de Salud Carlos III), 28029, Madrid, Spain.
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  • Xavier Garcia Del Muro, Liver Unit, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, University de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; Centro d'Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEReHD), Barcelona, Spain.
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  • Sebastian Moran, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Department of Pathology, Bellvitge University Hospital, L'Hospitalet, Barcelona, 08908 Catalonia, Spain.
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  • Manel Esteller, Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute (IJC)
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  • Jamal K Benhamida, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
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  • Marc Ladanyi, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
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  • Eva Wardelmann, University of Münster
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  • Cristina Antonescu, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
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  • Adrienne Flanagan, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust
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  • Uta Dirksen, University of Duisburg-Essen
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  • Peter Hohenberger, Heidelberg University 
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  • Daniel Baumhoer, University of Basel
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  • Wolfgang Hartmann, University of Münster
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  • Christian Vokuhl, University Medical Centre Schleswig-Holstein
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  • Uta Flucke, Radboud University Nijmegen
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  • Iver Petersen, Laboratory of Molecular Pathology, Institute of Pathology, Locarno, Switzerland.
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  • Gunhild Mechtersheimer, Heidelberg University 
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  • David Capper, Department of Neuropathology, Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany; Department of Neuropathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
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  • David T W Jones, Hopp Children’s Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ)
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  • Stefan Fröhling, Division of Preventive Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
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  • Stefan M Pfister, Hopp Children’s Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ)
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  • Andreas von Deimling, Heidelberg University 

Sarcomas are malignant soft tissue and bone tumours affecting adults, adolescents and children. They represent a morphologically heterogeneous class of tumours and some entities lack defining histopathological features. Therefore, the diagnosis of sarcomas is burdened with a high inter-observer variability and misclassification rate. Here, we demonstrate classification of soft tissue and bone tumours using a machine learning classifier algorithm based on array-generated DNA methylation data. This sarcoma classifier is trained using a dataset of 1077 methylation profiles from comprehensively pre-characterized cases comprising 62 tumour methylation classes constituting a broad range of soft tissue and bone sarcoma subtypes across the entire age spectrum. The performance is validated in a cohort of 428 sarcomatous tumours, of which 322 cases were classified by the sarcoma classifier. Our results demonstrate the potential of the DNA methylation-based sarcoma classification for research and future diagnostic applications.

Original languageEnglish
Article number498
JournalNature Communications
Volume12
Issue1
ISSN2041-1723
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2021
Externally publishedYes

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