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. 2024 Jul 12;131(5):860–869. doi: 10.1038/s41416-024-02721-8

Table 1.

WGS refined diagnoses

Case Pre-WGS diagnosis Selected key diagnostic drivers Post-WGS integrated diagnosis
1 Recurrent Wilm’s tumour vs undifferentiated sarcoma (radiation-related)

HomDels of ATRX, RAD51

Absence of typical WT drivers [41]

Undifferentiated sarcoma
4 Favour dedifferentiated gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST) (DOG1+)

4q Amplification (KIT/NRAS/PDGFRA) and MDM2 amplification

Absence of typical GIST drivers [42]

Favour undifferentiated sarcoma
5 Leiomyosarcoma Amplification of MDM2/CDK4 and JUN [43] Dedifferentiated liposarcoma
7 Cellular schwannoma vs malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour (MPNST)

SOX10 Indel [44]

Absence of typical MPNST/eMPNST drivers [45, 46]

Cellular schwannoma
9 Malignant meningioma YAP1::KMT2A fusion [47] KMT2A-rearranged sarcoma
11 Recurrent metaplastic breast carcinoma vs undifferentiated sarcoma

4q Amplification (KIT/NRAS/PDGFRA) [25] + novel TP53 mutation

Absence of TP53 mutation found in previous primary or other small drivers common in breast carcinoma

Undifferentiated sarcoma
14 Low-grade mesenchymal soft tissue neoplasm, favouring plexiform fibromyxoma ACTB::GLI1 fusion [48, 49] GLI1-altered soft-tissue tumour
16 Poorly differentiated carcinoma of unknown primary vs undifferentiated sarcoma Truncating NF2 mutation + haploidisation [12] Peritoneal mesothelioma
17 High-grade bone sarcoma with suspected BCOR alteration (by IHC)

TP53 exon 1 truncating mutation [13] + amplifications in 4q/MYOCD/RICTOR/COPS3 [50]

Wild-type BCOR locus

Osteosarcoma
18 Metastatic sex cord-stromal tumour vs endometrial stromal sarcoma JAZF1::SUZ12 Low-grade endometrial stromal sarcoma
24 Hamartomatous vascular malformation PIK3CA mutation [51] PIK3CA mutated vascular neoplasm
27 MPNST vs undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma (UPS) in a patient with NF1

CCNE1 gain, PTEN disruption

Absence of variants typical of MPNST [46]

UPS
30 Benign fibrous histiocytoma vs plexiform fibrohistiocytic tumour No drivers identified [52] Favour a plexiform fibrohistiocytic tumour
32 MPNST vs cellular schwannoma

Isolated NF2 disruptive insertion + LOH [53]

Absence of typical MPNST-associated SNVs

Cellular schwannoma
36 Cutaneous spindle cell neoplasm of uncertain type PDPN::PRKCB [54] Benign fibrous histiocytoma (cellular variant)
37 Metastatic sarcomatoid prostate cancer vs radiation-induced sarcoma TMPRSS2::ERG fusion + KMT2C disruptive SV [55] Prostate carcinoma
45 Recurrent Wilm’s vs primary carcinoma/round cell sarcoma ASXL1/MYCN/NONO/FBXW7/AMER1/1q gain [41] Recurrent Wilm’s tumour
48 Recurrent rhabdomyosarcoma vs melanoma vs NET EWSR1::ATF1 [56] Malignant neuroectodermal gastrointestinal tumour
49 Angiomyxoma vs cellular angiofibroma

Segmental copy number alterations

Absence of alterations of HMGA2 and RB1 [57, 58]

Unclassified sarcoma
53 Spindle cell tumour infiltrating ganglia vs ganglioneuroma Absence of any genomic changes Ganglioneuroma
54 Sarcoma (NOS) favouring dedifferentiated liposarcoma Alterations in PHF6 Unclassified sarcoma
60 Vascular neoplasm, favouring angiosarcoma WWTR1::CAMTA1 fusion Epithelioid haemangioendothelioma
65 UPS TPR::NTRK1 fusion [59] NTRK-rearranged mesenchymal neoplasm
66 Carcinoma of unknown primary TP53 intron 1 disruptive SV [13] Osteosarcoma
67 Sarcoma (NOS)

EWSR1::FEV1 fusion [11]

IDH1 mutation

EWSR1::FEV1 rearranged soft-tissue tumour