Nature Communications (May 2021)

Chromosomal copy number heterogeneity predicts survival rates across cancers

  • Erik van Dijk,
  • Tom van den Bosch,
  • Kristiaan J. Lenos,
  • Khalid El Makrini,
  • Lisanne E. Nijman,
  • Hendrik F. B. van Essen,
  • Nico Lansu,
  • Michiel Boekhout,
  • Joris H. Hageman,
  • Rebecca C. Fitzgerald,
  • Cornelis J. A. Punt,
  • Jurriaan B. Tuynman,
  • Hugo J. G. Snippert,
  • Geert J. P. L. Kops,
  • Jan Paul Medema,
  • Bauke Ylstra,
  • Louis Vermeulen,
  • Daniël M. Miedema

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23384-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Intratumour heterogeneity (ITH) is associated with worse prognosis in cancer, and efficient frameworks to measure it are needed. Here the authors develop a method to estimate copy number heterogeneity, and propose that it is driven by chromosomal instability and can predict pan-cancer survival.