Nature Communications (Nov 2021)

Independent somatic evolution underlies clustered neuroendocrine tumors in the human small intestine

  • Erik Elias,
  • Arman Ardalan,
  • Markus Lindberg,
  • Susanne E. Reinsbach,
  • Andreas Muth,
  • Ola Nilsson,
  • Yvonne Arvidsson,
  • Erik Larsson

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26581-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Small intestine neuroendocrine tumors (SI-NETs) are frequently multifocal and metastatic, but their tumourigenesis is still poorly understood. Here, the authors analyse multifocal SI-NET tumours with whole-genome sequencing, revealing the landscape of genomic alterations and frequent polyclonal origins.