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] |
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 |
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 |