Nature Communications (Mar 2023)

Circulating tumor DNA reveals complex biological features with clinical relevance in metastatic breast cancer

  • Aleix Prat,
  • Fara Brasó-Maristany,
  • Olga Martínez-Sáez,
  • Esther Sanfeliu,
  • Youli Xia,
  • Meritxell Bellet,
  • Patricia Galván,
  • Débora Martínez,
  • Tomás Pascual,
  • Mercedes Marín-Aguilera,
  • Anna Rodríguez,
  • Nuria Chic,
  • Barbara Adamo,
  • Laia Paré,
  • Maria Vidal,
  • Mireia Margelí,
  • Ester Ballana,
  • Marina Gómez-Rey,
  • Mafalda Oliveira,
  • Eudald Felip,
  • Judit Matito,
  • Rodrigo Sánchez-Bayona,
  • Anna Suñol,
  • Cristina Saura,
  • Eva Ciruelos,
  • Pablo Tolosa,
  • Montserrat Muñoz,
  • Blanca González-Farré,
  • Patricia Villagrasa,
  • Joel S. Parker,
  • Charles M. Perou,
  • Ana Vivancos

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36801-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Plasma ctDNA is a promising method to determine patient outcome in multiple cancer types. Here, the authors use shallow WGS to create machine learning signatures to identify tumor phenotypes and predict therapy response in patients with metastatic breast cancer.