Current research development of single cell genome in urological tumor

The technique of whole genome amplification is advancing rapidly and generating attention on detecting genomic lesions in individual cancer cells. Also, single-cell genome could label the uniqueness of each cell, its individual mutations and structural variations especially in cancer studies. In this Review, we provide the insight into the current state of single-cell genome in urological tumor mainly including kidney cancer, bladder cancer and prostate cancer. We put more forward on the new progress of the technique used by single-cell genomes and different results of the genes transform on random tumor tissue from single cell isolated on account of tumor heterogeneity. With the advent of more complete and accurate genome information, single-cell sequencing will become a standard tool in early diagnosis and targeted therapy and prognosis judgement.