Scientists have discovered that kidney cancer follows distinct evolutionary paths, enabling them to detect whether a tumour will be aggressive and revealing that the first seeds of kidney cancer are sown as early as childhood. These findings could enable doctors to tailor treatment decisions to individual patients in the future.
This study was published across three papers in the journal Cell:
Timing the landmark events in the evolution of clear cell renal cell cancer: TRACERx Renal: [ Ссылка ]30164-8
Deterministic evolutionary trajectories influence primary tumour growth: the TRACERx Renal study: [ Ссылка ]30375-1
Tracking renal cancer evolution reveals constrained routes to metastases, results from the TRACERx Renal study: [ Ссылка ]30389-1
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