design: Tumor total RNA were purified from the same sample using the AllPrep DNA/RNA/miRNA kit (QIAGEN) with disruption on a Tissuelyser II (QIAGEN). RNA integrity was verified on an Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer using RNA Nano reagents (Agilent Technologies).Transcriptome libraries were prepared using 200.1,000 ng of total RNA. PolyA+ RNA isolation, cDNA synthesis, end-repair, A-base addition, and ligation of the Illumina indexed adapters were performed according to the TruSeq RNA protocol (Illumina). Libraries were size selected for 250.300 bp cDNA fragments on a 3%Nusieve 3:1 (Lonza) gel, recovered using QIAEX II reagents (QIAGEN), and PCR amplified using Phusion DNA polymerase (New England Biolabs). Library quality was measured on an Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer for product size and concentration.