Tracking cancer evolution reveals constrained routes to metastases: TRACERx Renal Journal Article


Authors: Turajlic, S.; Xu, H.; Litchfield, K.; Rowan, A.; Chambers, T.; Lopez, J. I.; Nicol, D.; O'Brien, T.; Larkin, J.; Horswell, S.; Stares, M.; Au, L.; Jamal-Hanjani, M.; Challacombe, B.; Chandra, A.; Hazell, S.; Eichler-Jonsson, C.; Soultati, A.; Chowdhury, S.; Rudman, S.; Lynch, J.; Fernando, A.; Stamp, G.; Nye, E.; Jabbar, F.; Spain, L.; Lall, S.; Guarch, R.; Falzon, M.; Proctor, I.; Pickering, L.; Gore, M.; Watkins, T. B. K.; Ward, S.; Stewart, A.; DiNatale, R.; Becerra, M. F.; Reznik, E.; Hsieh, J. J.; Richmond, T. A.; Mayhew, G. F.; Hill, S. M.; McNally, C. D.; Jones, C.; Rosenbaum, H.; Stanislaw, S.; Burgess, D. L.; Alexander, N. R.; Swanton, C.; PEACE; and the TRACERx Renal Consortium
Article Title: Tracking cancer evolution reveals constrained routes to metastases: TRACERx Renal
Abstract: Clear-cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) exhibits a broad range of metastatic phenotypes that have not been systematically studied to date. Here, we analyzed 575 primary and 335 metastatic biopsies across 100 patients with metastatic ccRCC, including two cases sampledat post-mortem. Metastatic competence was afforded by chromosome complexity, and we identify 9p loss as a highly selected event driving metastasis and ccRCC-related mortality (p = 0.0014). Distinct patterns of metastatic dissemination were observed, including rapid progression to multiple tissue sites seeded by primary tumors of monoclonal structure. By contrast, we observed attenuated progression in cases characterized by high primary tumor heterogeneity, with metastatic competence acquired gradually and initial progression to solitary metastasis. Finally, we observed early divergence of primitive ancestral clones and protracted latency of up to two decades as a feature of pancreatic metastases. A multi-center prospective study and two validation cohorts of matched primary metastasis biopsies from 100 patients with clear-cell renal cell carcinoma provides a comprehensive picture of the genetic underpinnings and the evolutionary patterns of metastasis. © 2018
Keywords: metastasis; renal cell cancer; metastasectomy; cytoreductive nephrectomy; oligometastasis; chromosome instability; solitary metastasis; evolution of metastasis; loss of 9p
Journal Title: Cell
Volume: 173
Issue: 3
ISSN: 0092-8674
Publisher: Cell Press  
Date Published: 2018-04-19
Start Page: 581
End Page: 594.e12
Language: English
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2018.03.057
PROVIDER: scopus
PUBMED: 29656895
PMCID: PMC5938365
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Notes: Article -- Export Date: 1 May 2018 -- Source: Scopus
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  1. Eduard Reznik
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  2. Maria Fernanda   Becerra
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