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Evolution of late-stage metastatic melanoma is dominated by aneuploidy and whole genome doubling

Authors :
Ismael A. Vergara
Christopher P. Mintoff
Shahneen Sandhu
Lachlan McIntosh
Richard J. Young
Stephen Q. Wong
Andrew Colebatch
Daniel L. Cameron
Julia Lai Kwon
Rory Wolfe
Angela Peng
Jason Ellul
Xuelin Dou
Clare Fedele
Samantha Boyle
Gisela Mir Arnau
Jeanette Raleigh
Athena Hatzimihalis
Pacman Szeto
Jennifer Mooi
Daniel S. Widmer
Phil F. Cheng
Valerie Amann
Reinhard Dummer
Nicholas Hayward
James Wilmott
Richard A. Scolyer
Raymond J. Cho
David Bowtell
Heather Thorne
Kathryn Alsop
Stephen Cordner
Noel Woodford
Jodie Leditschke
Patricia O’Brien
Sarah-Jane Dawson
Grant A. McArthur
Graham J. Mann
Mitchell P. Levesque
Anthony T. Papenfuss
Mark Shackleton
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2021.

Abstract

The genetic changes that occur in late stage metastatic melanoma are not well delineated. Here, the authors use rapid autopsy samples from metastatic melanoma patients and show that the late stage in the disease is characterised by whole genome doubling and aneuploidy.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
12
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.4c17fb9d0e02463397deea2b50e28d35
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21576-8