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Spatial and temporal heterogeneity in high-grade serous ovarian cancer: a phylogenetic analysis.
PLoS medicine - 1 Feb 2015
Schwarz Roland F, Ng Charlotte K Y, Cooke Susanna L, Newman Scott, Temple Jillian, Piskorz Anna M, Gale Davina, Sayal Karen, Murtaza Muhammed, Baldwin Peter J, Rosenfeld Nitzan, Earl Helena M, Sala Evis, Jimenez-Linan Mercedes, Parkinson Christine A, Markowetz Florian, Brenton James D
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The major clinical challenge in the treatment of high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) is the development of progressive resistance to platinum-based chemotherapy. The objective of this study was to determine whether intra-tumour genetic heterogeneity resulting from clonal evolution and the emergence of subclonal tumour populations in HGSOC was associated with the development of resistant disease....
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