The temporal order of genetic and pathway alterations in tumorigenesis.

Cancer evolves through the accumulation of mutations, but the order in which mutations occur is poorly understood. Inference of a temporal ordering on the level of genes is challenging because clinically and histologically identical tumors often have few mutated genes in common. This heterogeneity m...

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Main Authors: Moritz Gerstung, Nicholas Eriksson, Jimmy Lin, Bert Vogelstein, Niko Beerenwinkel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3206070?pdf=render