Nature Communications (May 2020)

Genomic landscape of platinum resistant and sensitive testicular cancers

  • Chey Loveday,
  • Kevin Litchfield,
  • Paula Z. Proszek,
  • Alex J. Cornish,
  • Flavia Santo,
  • Max Levy,
  • Geoff Macintyre,
  • Amy Holryod,
  • Peter Broderick,
  • Darshna Dudakia,
  • Barbara Benton,
  • Maise Al Bakir,
  • Crispin Hiley,
  • Emily Grist,
  • Charles Swanton,
  • Robert Huddart,
  • Tom Powles,
  • Simon Chowdhury,
  • Janet Shipley,
  • Simon O’Connor,
  • James D. Brenton,
  • Alison Reid,
  • David Gonzalez de Castro,
  • Richard S. Houlston,
  • Clare Turnbull

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15768-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Most testicular germ-cell tumours are exquisitely sensitive to platinum-based chemotherapies, but little is known about why 10% are resistant. Here, the authors explore the potential underlying mechanisms by probing the genomic landscape of platinum-resistant disease.