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Spatial and temporal clonal evolution during development of metastatic urothelial carcinoma.
Molecular oncology - 1 Nov 2016
Thomsen Mathilde B H, Nordentoft Iver, Lamy Philippe, Høyer Søren, Vang Søren, Hedegaard Jakob, Borre Michael, Jensen Jørgen B, Ørntoft Torben F, Dyrskjøt Lars
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Patients with metastatic bladder cancer have a median survival of only 13-14 months. Precision medicine using targeted therapy may improve survival. Here we investigated spatial and temporal tumour evolution and tumour heterogeneity in order to evaluate the potential use of targeted treatment of metastatic bladder cancer. We performed a proof-of-concept study by whole exome sequencing of multiple tumour regions...
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