Nature Communications (Jun 2021)

Multi-omics profiling of primary small cell carcinoma of the esophagus reveals RB1 disruption and additional molecular subtypes

  • Renda Li,
  • Zhenlin Yang,
  • Fei Shao,
  • Hong Cheng,
  • Yaru Wen,
  • Sijin Sun,
  • Wei Guo,
  • Zitong Li,
  • Fan Zhang,
  • Liyan Xue,
  • Nan Bi,
  • Jie Wang,
  • Yingli Sun,
  • Yin Li,
  • Fengwei Tan,
  • Qi Xue,
  • Shugeng Gao,
  • Susheng Shi,
  • Yibo Gao,
  • Jie He

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24043-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Primary small cell carcinoma of the oesophagus has a poor prognosis, and has not been fully characterised molecularly. Here, the authors study the disease using multi-omics technology and find frequent RB1 disruptions and similarities to small cell lung cancer, opening potential therapeutic avenues.