Global Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer Initiative

Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine malignancy. Most thyroid cancers are of the well-differentiated (non-aggressive) phenotype, and are almost always cured with standard treatments. In contrast, anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC) is rare, accounting for only 1% of thyroid cancers, however it is perhaps the most lethal human malignancy with an average survival of 3 to 6 months. ATC presents with dramatic and rapid onset of airway and esophageal blockage with frequent spread to the lungs. Interestingly, 21–79% of ATCs have coexisting areas or a previous history of well-differentiated cancers. Although this suggests a progression from well-differentiated cancers to ATC, to date there is little molecular conformation that such a progression exists versus de novo generation of ATC. As ATC is extremely rare and most cases are inoperable, there are a paucity of tissue samples for study at any one center. The Global Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer Initiative (GATCI) aims to unite international institutions in order to pool samples (ATC with or without a paired well-differentiated component) for a comprehensive analysis of the genomic landscape of this disease.

Type: Other
Archiver: European Genome-Phenome Archive (EGA)

18 Datasets

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Dataset ID	Description	Technology	Samples
EGAD00001003235	Raw exome sequence data(fastq) for the GATCI project	unspecified	172
EGAD00001003236	Raw whole genome sequence data(fastq) for the GATCI project	HiSeq X Ten	10
EGAD00001004126	Sequence data in fastq format was aligned to the GRCH38 reference genome. Aligned sequence was preprocessed with GATK for Indel Realignment and Base Quality Score Recalibration. Duplicates were marked with Picard Mark Duplicates. Aligned sequence is in bam format. Details of the alignment can be found int he bam header. In total, data generated from 174 tumour samples 102 matched blood normal controls was aligned. Tumour samples were classified as Anaplastic Thyroid, Poorly-differentiated or well-differentiated cancers.		-
EGAD00001004127	Sequence was aligned to the GRCH38 reference genome. Aligned sequence was analyzed with GATK Haplotype Caller, to generate germline variant calls across the SureSelect All Exon V5+UTR target region. Variant calls are in VCF format. In total there are samples from 173 donors. 101 donors have calls generated from both normal and tumour samples tumour samples, 94 of which have a matched normal. Details for the call can be found in the vcf headers.		-
EGAD00001004128	Sequence was aligned to the GRCH38 reference genome. Aligned sequence was analyzed with SomaticSniper. Somatic variant calls are in VCF format. In total there are 94 tumour samples, each with a matched normal.		-
EGAD00001004129	Sequence was aligned to the GRCH38 reference genome. Aligned sequence was analyzed with GATK/MuTect, to generate somatic variant calls across the SureSelect All Exon V5+UTR target region. Somatic variant calls are in VCF format. In total there are 166 tumour samples, 94 of which have a matched normal. Somatic variants for tumours without a matched normal, were called against a panel of normals. Details for the mutect call can be found in the vcf header.		-
EGAD00001005791	Whole exome sequence data in fastq format was aligned to the GRCH38 reference genome. Aligned sequence was preprocessed with GATK for Indel Realignment and Base Quality Score Recalibration. Duplicates were marked with Picard Mark Duplicates. Aligned sequence is in bam format. Details of the alignment can be found in he bam header. Tumour samples were classified as Anaplastic Thyroid, Poorly-differentiated or well-differentiated cancers.		-
EGAD00001005808	Raw whole exome sequencing data (fastq) for the GATCI project	unspecified	-
EGAD00001005810	Raw RNA sequence data (fastq) for the GATCI project	unspecified	8
EGAD00001005817	Sequence data in fastq format was aligned to the GRCh38 reference genome with BWA-MEM and preprocessed with GATK for indel realignment and base quality score recalibration. Aligned sequence was analyzed with GATK HaplotypeCaller to generate germline variant calls. Variant calls are in VCF format. In total, there are 60 tumour samples from 38 patients, all with matched normal. Further details can be found in the vcf headers		-
EGAD00001005818	Sequence data in fastq format was aligned to the GRCh38 reference genome with BWA-MEM and preprocessed with GATK for indel realignment and base quality score recalibration. Aligned sequence was analyzed with SomaticSniper to generate somatic variant calls. Variant calls are in VCF format. In total, there are 60 tumour samples from 38 patients, all with matched normal. Further details can be found in the vcf headers		-
EGAD00001005822	Sequence data in fastq format was aligned to the GRCh38 reference genome with BWA-MEM and preprocessed with GATK for indel realignment and base quality score recalibration. Aligned sequence was analyzed with MuTect to generate somatic variant calls. Variant calls are in VCF format. In total, there are 60 tumour samples from 38 patients, all with matched normal. Further details can be found in the vcf headers.		-
EGAD00001005914	Sequence data in fastq format was aligned to the GRCh38 reference genome with BWA-MEM. Aligned sequence was preprocessed with GATK for Indel Realignment and Base Quality Score Recalibration. Duplicates were marked with Picard Mark Duplicates. Aligned sequence is in bam format. Details of the alignment can be found in the bam header		-
EGAD00001005916	Exome sequences were aligned to the GRCH38 reference genome. Aligned sequence was analyzed with GATK Haplotype Caller to generate germline variant calls. Variant calls are in VCF format. Details for the call can be found in the VCF header		-
EGAD00001005917	Exome sequences were aligned to the GRCH38 reference genome. Aligned sequence was analyzed with GATK/MuTect, to generate somatic variant calls. Somatic variant calls are in VCF format. Details for the mutect call can be found in the vcf header.		-
EGAD00001005918	Exome sequences were aligned to the GRCH38 reference genome. Aligned sequence was analyzed with GATK/SomaticSniper, to generate somatic variant calls. Somatic variant calls are in VCF format. Details for the mutect call can be found in the vcf header.		-
EGAD00001005926	Raw whole genome sequencing data (fastq) for the GATCI project	HiSeq X Ten unspecified	-
EGAD00010001579	This dataset contains files generated from Affymetrix Oncoscan Arrays. For each sample there are two paired cel files containing the raw data from AT and GT channels. Raw data has been transfromed to OSCHP signal files also within this dataset.	Oncoscan Array	157