Nature Communications (Apr 2016)

A genetic basis for the variation in the vulnerability of cancer to DNA damage

  • Brian D. Yard,
  • Drew J. Adams,
  • Eui Kyu Chie,
  • Pablo Tamayo,
  • Jessica S. Battaglia,
  • Priyanka Gopal,
  • Kevin Rogacki,
  • Bradley E. Pearson,
  • James Phillips,
  • Daniel P. Raymond,
  • Nathan A. Pennell,
  • Francisco Almeida,
  • Jaime H. Cheah,
  • Paul A. Clemons,
  • Alykhan Shamji,
  • Craig D. Peacock,
  • Stuart L. Schreiber,
  • Peter S. Hammerman,
  • Mohamed E. Abazeed

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11428
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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The variability in patient response to radiation treatment is difficult to predict. Here, using more than 500 cell lines the authors measure response to radiation exposure and a large panel of compounds, and show that response can be predicted by genetic alterations of the cells.