Evolution of multiple cell clones over a 29-year period of a CLL patient

oleh: Zhikun Zhao, Lynn Goldin, Shiping Liu, Liang Wu, Weiyin Zhou, Hong Lou, Qichao Yu, Shirley X. Tsang, Miaomiao Jiang, Fuqiang Li, MaryLou McMaster, Yang Li, Xinxin Lin, Zhifeng Wang, Liqin Xu, Gerald Marti, Guibo Li, Kui Wu, Meredith Yeager, Huanming Yang, Xun Xu, Stephen J. Chanock, Bo Li, Yong Hou, Neil Caporaso, Michael Dean

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2016-12-01

Deskripsi

Studying the genetic progression of many cancers is difficult as longitudinal samples are rarely available. Here, the authors analyse a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia over a 29 year period and track the clonal evolution of the patient’s disease and response to therapy.