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Here by combining RNA and whole genome DNA sequencing data from 1188 donors across 27 cancer types we obtained a list of 3297 high-confidence tumour-specific gene fusions, 82% of which had structural variant (SV) support and 2372 of which were novel. Such a large collection of RNA and DNA alterations provides the first opportunity to systematically classify the gene fusions at a mechanistic level. While many could be explained by single SVs, numerous fusions involved series of structural rearrangements and thus are composite fusions. We discovered 75 fusions of a novel class of inter-chromosomal composite fusions, termed\n                  <jats:italic>bridged fusions<\/jats:italic>\n                  , in which a third genomic location bridged two different genes. In addition, we identified 522 fusions involving non-coding genes and 157 ORF-retaining fusions, in which the complete open reading frame of one gene was fused to the UTR region of another. Although only a small proportion (5%) of the discovered fusions were recurrent, we found a set of highly recurrent fusion partner genes, which exhibited strong 5\u2019 or 3\u2019 bias and were significantly enriched for cancer genes. 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