Mapping the long road to cancer

Cell. 2022 Mar 17;185(6):939-940. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2022.02.020. Epub 2022 Mar 8.

Abstract

Every cell in our body accumulates mutations throughout life, and sometimes an unfortunate combination of mutations drives the initiation of cancer. A new study infers extraordinarily detailed timelines of pre-cancerous evolution by sequencing single-cell genomes in patients with blood malignancies-finding that key mutations can arrive decades before diagnosis.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Mutation
  • Neoplasms* / genetics