【佳學基因檢測】腫瘤致病基因突變發(fā)生的時間和地點確定了！

正確定位體細胞驅動基因突變的時間（之所以稱為體細胞驅動基因突變是因為它們“驅動”了癌癥的發(fā)生和發(fā)展）有助于早期發(fā)現和干預策略。在《自然》雜志上，Williams等人重建了12例成人型骨髓增生性腫瘤患者的造血系統發(fā)育并追蹤克隆進化動力學，揭示了這些癌癥的初始驅動突變通常發(fā)生在兒童時期，包括子宮內。
 

Pinpointing the timing of somatic driver mutations, so called because they ‘drive’ cancer initiation and progression, could help with early detection and intervention strategies. In Nature, Williams et al. reconstruct haematopoietic phylogenies and track clonal evolutionary dynamics in 12 patients with adult-onset myeloproliferative neoplasms, revealing that initial driver mutations of these cancers often occur during childhood, including in utero.