Nature Communications (Oct 2020)

Prostate cancer evolution from multilineage primary to single lineage metastases with implications for liquid biopsy

  • D. J. Woodcock,
  • E. Riabchenko,
  • S. Taavitsainen,
  • M. Kankainen,
  • G. Gundem,
  • D. S. Brewer,
  • P. Ellonen,
  • M. Lepistö,
  • Y. A. Golubeva,
  • A. C. Warner,
  • T. Tolonen,
  • J. Jasu,
  • W. B. Isaacs,
  • M. R. Emmert-Buck,
  • M. Nykter,
  • T. Visakorpi,
  • G. S. Bova,
  • D. C. Wedge

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18843-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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The evolutionary progression from primary to metastatic prostate cancer is largely uncharted, and the implications for liquid biopsy are unexplored. Here, the authors use deep genomic sequencing and histopathological information to trace tumor evolution both within the prostate and during metastasis in ten men.