The landscape of chromothripsis across adult cancer types

The shattering of chromosomes is a dramatic early event in tumourigenesis and is termed chromothripsis. Here, the authors examine chromothripsis across 28 tumour types and show that 49% of cancers exhibit features of chromothripsis.

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Main Authors: Natalia Voronina, John K. L. Wong, Daniel Hübschmann, Mario Hlevnjak, Sebastian Uhrig, Christoph E. Heilig, Peter Horak, Simon Kreutzfeldt, Andreas Mock, Albrecht Stenzinger, Barbara Hutter, Martina Fröhlich, Benedikt Brors, Arne Jahn, Barbara Klink, Laura Gieldon, Lina Sieverling, Lars Feuerbach, Priya Chudasama, Katja Beck, Matthias Kroiss, Christoph Heining, Lino Möhrmann, Andrea Fischer, Evelin Schröck, Hanno Glimm, Marc Zapatka, Peter Lichter, Stefan Fröhling, Aurélie Ernst
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Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/bfa7b0c2c5f44dfead7de201eaa3b1b2
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