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Spatial patterns of tumour growth impact clonal diversification in a computational model and the TRACERx Renal study

Fu, X; Zhao, Y; Lopez, JI; Rowan, A; Au, L; Fendler, A; Hazell, S; ... Bates, PA; + view all (2021) Spatial patterns of tumour growth impact clonal diversification in a computational model and the TRACERx Renal study. Nature Ecology & Evolution 10.1038/s41559-021-01586-x. Green open access

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Abstract

Genetic intra-tumour heterogeneity fuels clonal evolution, but our understanding of clinically relevant clonal dynamics remain limited. We investigated spatial and temporal features of clonal diversification in clear cell renal cell carcinoma through a combination of modelling and real tumour analysis. We observe that the mode of tumour growth, surface or volume, impacts the extent of subclonal diversification, enabling interpretation of clonal diversity in patient tumours. Specific patterns of proliferation and necrosis explain clonal expansion and emergence of parallel evolution and microdiversity in tumours. In silico time-course studies reveal the appearance of budding structures before detectable subclonal diversification. Intriguingly, we observe radiological evidence of budding structures in early-stage clear cell renal cell carcinoma, indicating that future clonal evolution may be predictable from imaging. Our findings offer a window into the temporal and spatial features of clinically relevant clonal evolution.

Type: Article
Title: Spatial patterns of tumour growth impact clonal diversification in a computational model and the TRACERx Renal study
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-021-01586-x
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01586-x
Language: English
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Keywords: Evolutionary Biology, Environmental Sciences & Ecology, INTRATUMOR HETEROGENEITY, EVOLUTION, CANCER
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Cancer Institute
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Cancer Institute > Research Department of Haematology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Cancer Institute > Research Department of Oncology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Cancer Institute > Research Department of Pathology
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10141320
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