학술논문

A temporal shift of the evolutionary principle shaping intratumor heterogeneity in colorectal cancer
Document Type
article
Source
Nature Communications, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2018)
Subject
Science
Language
English
ISSN
2041-1723
Abstract
Advanced colorectal cancers are characterised by intra-tumour heterogeneity dictated by neutral evolution. Here the authors analyse early colorectal tumours by whole-exome sequencing and find that Darwinian evolution determines the fate of early lesions in colorectal adenoma and carcinoma in situ.