Radiotherapy is associated with a deletion signature that contributes to poor outcomes in patients with cancer
Kocakavuk E, Anderson K, Varn F, Johnson K, Amin S, Sulman E, Lolkema M, Barthel F, Verhaak R. Radiotherapy is associated with a deletion signature that contributes to poor outcomes in patients with cancer. Nature Genetics 2021, 53: 1088-1096. PMID: 34045764, PMCID: PMC8483261, DOI: 10.1038/s41588-021-00874-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWorse clinical outcomesNon-irradiated tumorsClinical outcomesRecurrent cancerPatient survivalPoor outcomeMetastatic tumorsRecurrent gliomaRadiation therapyRadiation-induced DNA damageDNA damageGlioma Longitudinal Analysis ConsortiumMutational signature analysisCancer treatmentDeletion burdenRadiotherapyMedical FoundationAPOBEC mutagenesisSignificant increaseTumorsCancerDNA damage repairDeletion signatureMutational spectrumSmall deletions