Nature Communications (Nov 2019)

Rapid evolution and biogeographic spread in a colorectal cancer

  • Joao M. Alves,
  • Sonia Prado-López,
  • José Manuel Cameselle-Teijeiro,
  • David Posada

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12926-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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The clonal origins of metastases and the timing of dissemination remains an open question for most cancer types. Using primary and metastatic samples taken from one colorectal cancer patient, Alves et al. use Bayesian phylogenetics to reconstruct the history of metastasis.