Nature Communications (Apr 2021)

Genomic profile of advanced breast cancer in circulating tumour DNA

  • Belinda Kingston,
  • Rosalind J. Cutts,
  • Hannah Bye,
  • Matthew Beaney,
  • Giselle Walsh-Crestani,
  • Sarah Hrebien,
  • Claire Swift,
  • Lucy S. Kilburn,
  • Sarah Kernaghan,
  • Laura Moretti,
  • Katie Wilkinson,
  • Andrew M. Wardley,
  • Iain R. Macpherson,
  • Richard D. Baird,
  • Rebecca Roylance,
  • Jorge S. Reis-Filho,
  • Michael Hubank,
  • Iris Faull,
  • Kimberly C. Banks,
  • Richard B. Lanman,
  • Isaac Garcia-Murillas,
  • Judith M. Bliss,
  • Alistair Ring,
  • Nicholas C. Turner

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22605-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Circulating tumour DNA can provide useful information on disease burden. Here, the authors analysed circulating tumour DNA from 800 patients from a breast cancer clinical trial and investigate the subclonal nature of the disease, and identify DNA mutations associated with resistance and poor survival.