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Germline BRCA2 mutations drive prostate cancers with distinct evolutionary trajectories

Authors :
Renea A. Taylor
Michael Fraser
Julie Livingstone
Shadrielle Melijah G. Espiritu
Heather Thorne
Vincent Huang
Winnie Lo
Yu-Jia Shiah
Takafumi N. Yamaguchi
Ania Sliwinski
Sheri Horsburgh
Alice Meng
Lawrence E. Heisler
Nancy Yu
Fouad Yousif
Melissa Papargiris
Mitchell G. Lawrence
Lee Timms
Declan G. Murphy
Mark Frydenberg
Julia F. Hopkins
Damien Bolton
David Clouston
John D. McPherson
Theodorus van der Kwast
Paul C. Boutros
Gail P. Risbridger
Robert G. Bristow
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2017)
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2017.

Abstract

Men that carrierBRCA2germline mutations are at risk of developing prostate cancer. Here, the authors analyse the genomes of prostate cancer from these individuals and demonstrate increased genomic instability in comparison to sporadic prostate cancer.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
8
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.8d920a8293a04405b9542b7f3b199b5c
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13671