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Table 3 Number of validated true/false sSNVs detected using the five tools in the lung cancer samples

From: Detecting somatic point mutations in cancer genome sequencing data: a comparison of mutation callers

Tool

Lung tumors (n = 18)

 

Lung cancer cell lines (n = 7)

 

Totala

  

TP

FP

TP

FP

TP

FP

# High quality

# Low quality

# High quality

# Low quality

# High quality

# Low quality

JointSNVMix

30

17

6

49

0

11

79

17

17

MuTect

30

19

11

47

0

7

77

19

18

SomaticSniper

33

17

10

47

0

9

80

17

19

Strelka

27

17

8

51

0

10

78

17

18

Varscan 2

35

8

5

51

0

13

86

8

18

  1. aTotal is the sum of #sSNVs found in lung tumors and lung cancer cell lines.
  2. FP: false-positive sSNVs; TP: true-positive sSNVs.