The evolution of tumour phylogenetics: principles and practice

R Schwartz, AA Schäffer - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2017 - nature.com
Rapid advances in high-throughput sequencing and a growing realization of the importance
of evolutionary theory to cancer genomics have led to a proliferation of phylogenetic studies …

Deterministic evolutionary trajectories influence primary tumor growth: TRACERx renal

S Turajlic, H Xu, K Litchfield, A Rowan, S Horswell… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
The evolutionary features of clear-cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) have not been
systematically studied to date. We analyzed 1,206 primary tumor regions from 101 patients …

Tracking cancer evolution reveals constrained routes to metastases: TRACERx renal

S Turajlic, H Xu, K Litchfield, A Rowan, T Chambers… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Clear-cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) exhibits a broad range of metastatic phenotypes
that have not been systematically studied to date. Here, we analyzed 575 primary and 335 …

Algorithmic methods to infer the evolutionary trajectories in cancer progression

G Caravagna, A Graudenzi… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
The genomic evolution inherent to cancer relates directly to a renewed focus on the
voluminous next-generation sequencing data and machine learning for the inference of …

HyperHMM: efficient inference of evolutionary and progressive dynamics on hypercubic transition graphs

MT Moen, IG Johnston - Bioinformatics, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Motivation The evolution of bacterial drug resistance and other features in biology, the
progression of cancer and other diseases and a wide range of broader questions can often …

Analysis of single circulating tumor cells in renal cell carcinoma reveals phenotypic heterogeneity and genomic alterations related to progression

V Cappelletti, E Verzoni, R Ratta, M Vismara… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are promising biomarkers for prognosis, therapeutic response
prediction, and treatment monitoring in cancer patients. Despite its epithelial origin, renal …

Genomic Underpinnings of Tumor Behavior in In Situ and Early Lung Adenocarcinoma

J Qian, S Zhao, Y Zou, SMJ Rahman… - American Journal of …, 2020 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: We have a limited understanding of the molecular underpinnings of early
adenocarcinoma (ADC) progression. We hypothesized that the behavior of early ADC can …

Modeling cumulative biological phenomena with suppes-bayes causal networks

D Ramazzotti, A Graudenzi… - Evolutionary …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Several diseases related to cell proliferation are characterized by the accumulation of
somatic DNA changes, with respect to wild-type conditions. Cancer and HIV are 2 common …

Indoor radon exposure increases tumor mutation burden in never-smoker patients with lung adenocarcinoma

SM Lim, JW Choi, MH Hong, D Jung, CY Lee, SY Park… - Lung Cancer, 2019 - Elsevier
Objectives Radon, a natural radiation, is the leading environmental cause of lung cancer in
never-smokers. However, the radon exposure impact on the mutational landscape and …

Copy number alterations analysis of primary tumor tissue and circulating tumor cells from patients with early-stage triple negative breast cancer

M Silvestri, M Dugo, M Vismara, L De Cecco… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is characterized by clinical aggressiveness, lack of
recognized target therapy, and a dismal patient prognosis. Several studies addressed …