Before this discovery, it was thought that gene fusions only occurred in blood cancers, such as leukemias and lymphomas, but not in common solid tumors such as prostate cancer.

• 在此之前，基因融合被人们认为是仅仅发生在血液肿瘤中（如白血病或淋巴瘤），而非通常的实体瘤（如前列腺肿瘤）。