Single cell RNA-sequencing in adenoid cystic carcinoma

This study of salivary adenoid cystic carcinoma aimed to profile individual malignant and stromal cells in treatment-naive head and neck adenoid cystic carcinoma, with or without metastatic cervical lymph nodes. Clinical and pathologic information was collected on all patients, in addition to a fresh biopsy sample from the primary tumor and/or metastatic lymph node at the time of initial surgery. A fresh biopsy sample from a matched local recurrence was also collected for a single unique patient. Biopsy specimens were processed for single cell RNA-seq. A total of ~1,700 single cells from seven participants were included in the final dataset.