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In aggressive uveal melanomas (UVM), this deletion often co-occurs with chr8q amplification (8q+), suggesting strong selection pressure during UVM evolution. Methods: To understand the pattern of genomic alterations mediated by chr3p deletion, we have developed an algorithm for detecting isochromosomes in 10,632 TCGA cancer patients. We further perform integrative genomics analysis to investigate how chr3p deletion could affect subsequent cancer genome evolution and synthetic lethality in UVM. Results: Analysis of genomic alterations in 33 different cancer types implicates the deletion or deleterious mutations of SET-domain-containing 2 (SETD2) at chr3p21 in significantly facilitating the formation of isochromosomes, thereby promoting genomic instability conducive to rapid cancer genome evolution. Fracturing of dicentric isochromosomes during cell division is pervasive and follows the dynamic fragmentation pattern of solids under impulse. In the most aggressive UVM subtype, chr3 deletion includes MITF, a master regulator of melanocyte survival and differentiation, and co-occurs with 8q+. We demonstrate that MITF is a master transcriptional regulator of GNAQ\/GNA11 and associated synthetic-lethal genes in UVM. MITF maintains MAPK and calcium homeostasis in UVM, and its hemizygous deletion is thus accidental, likely creating an early crisis during oncogenesis. We further show that MITF, MYC, and GNAQ\/GNA11 form coupled regulatory feedback loops in the melanocyte lineage, and MITF deletion in UVM creates acute dependency on MYC-mediated rescue via 8q+. The discovered feedback loops predict both overall and relapse-free patient survival within the most aggressive UVM subtype, explain sensitivity to therapeutic gene perturbations, and inform effective combinatorial therapies. Conclusions: SETD2 deletion potentiates isochromosome formation across diverse cancers. Combinatorial targeting of MITF together with a previously identified synthetic lethal gene may benefit UVM patients harboring both chr3 deletion and 8q+.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/cancers18040688","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,19]],"date-time":"2026-02-19T15:57:29Z","timestamp":1771516649000},"page":"688","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Chromosome 3p Deletion Leads to Extensive Genomic Alterations in Diverse Cancers and Confers Synthetic Lethality in Uveal Melanoma"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"18","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8682-8305","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mitchell C.","family":"Cutler","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Porter B.","family":"Howland","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3613-1796","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Miroslav","family":"Hejna","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA"},{"name":"Carl R. 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