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Question: How to aggregate multiple copy number variation profiles or select the best one for one sample
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3.8 years ago by
fbrundu • 270
European Union
fbrundu • 270 wrote:

Hi,

I downloaded copy-number-variation data from the TCGA portal. However, I found that for some samples could be present multiple replicates. Supposing I want a single copy number variation profile for each sample, how can I select the best one or aggregate the replicates?

Thanks
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modified 3.8 years ago by Chris Miller ♦ 20k • written 3.8 years ago by fbrundu • 270
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3.8 years ago by
Chris Miller ♦ 20k
Washington University in St. Louis, MO
Chris Miller ♦ 20k wrote:

- Considering samples from the same patient 'replicates' is potentially dangerous.  Spatial heterogeneity in solid tumors may mean that two samples have very different profiles.

- If the primary difference is just multiple platforms from the same tumor subsection, you can probably just use the highest-resolution method and call it a day.

- If you want to get complicated, you can look at this method out of Terry Speed's lab, but my feeling is that it's probably more hassle than it's worth, in general. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2660872/
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