Table 1 Cancer outlier profile analysis (COPA)a: the 15 top ranked genes from Tomlins et al (Science 2005)

From: Bioinformatics approach leads to the discovery of the TMPRSS2:ETS gene fusion in prostate cancer

Rank

%

Score

Gene

Cancer

Reference

Evidence

1

90

21.9

CDH1

Melanoma

Bittner et al7

 

1

95

20.1

RUNX1T1

Leukemia

Valk et al8

XX

1

95

15.4

PRO1073

Renal

Vasselli et al9

X

1

95

14.2

MYH11

Sarcoma

Segal et al10

 

1

90

13.0

PBX1

Leukemia

Ross et al11

XX

1

95

10.0

ETV1

Prostate

Lapointe et al12

**

1

90

7.5

WHSC1

Myeloma

Tian et al13

X

1

75

5.4

ERG

Prostate

Dhanasekaran et al14

**

1

75

5.2

FOX03A

Breast

Wang et al15

 

1

75

4.4

ERG

Prostate

Welsh et al16

**

1

75

4.3

CCND1

Myeloma

Zhan et al17

X

1

75

3.7

PCSK7

Leukemia

Cheok et al18

 

1

75

3.4

ERG

Prostate

Lapointe et al12

**

1

75

3.4

ERG

Prostate

Dhanasekaran et al2

**

1

75

2.6

IGH@

Lung

Wigle et al19

 
  1. aModified from Tomlins et al, Science 2005.6
  2. X=literature evidence for acquired pathognomonic translocation; XX=indicates that translocation was identified in the reference study; **=signifies ERG and ETV1 outlier profiles in prostate cancer.