A molecular signature of metastasis in primary solid tumors - PubMed (original) (raw)
doi: 10.1038/ng1060. Epub 2002 Dec 9.
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A molecular signature of metastasis in primary solid tumors
Sridhar Ramaswamy et al. Nat Genet. 2003 Jan.
Abstract
Metastasis is the principal event leading to death in individuals with cancer, yet its molecular basis is poorly understood. To explore the molecular differences between human primary tumors and metastases, we compared the gene-expression profiles of adenocarcinoma metastases of multiple tumor types to unmatched primary adenocarcinomas. We found a gene-expression signature that distinguished primary from metastatic adenocarcinomas. More notably, we found that a subset of primary tumors resembled metastatic tumors with respect to this gene-expression signature. We confirmed this finding by applying the expression signature to data on 279 primary solid tumors of diverse types. We found that solid tumors carrying the gene-expression signature were most likely to be associated with metastasis and poor clinical outcome (P < 0.03). These results suggest that the metastatic potential of human tumors is encoded in the bulk of a primary tumor, thus challenging the notion that metastases arise from rare cells within a primary tumor that have the ability to metastasize.
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- Cancer's deadly signature.
Liotta LA, Kohn EC. Liotta LA, et al. Nat Genet. 2003 Jan;33(1):10-1. doi: 10.1038/ng0103-10. Nat Genet. 2003. PMID: 12509774 No abstract available. - Genomic analysis of primary tumors does not address the prevalence of metastatic cells in the population.
Fidler IJ, Kripke ML. Fidler IJ, et al. Nat Genet. 2003 May;34(1):23; author reply 25. doi: 10.1038/ng0503-23a. Nat Genet. 2003. PMID: 12721548 No abstract available. - Genetic background is an important determinant of metastatic potential.
Hunter K, Welch DR, Liu ET. Hunter K, et al. Nat Genet. 2003 May;34(1):23-4; author reply 25. doi: 10.1038/ng0503-23b. Nat Genet. 2003. PMID: 12721549 No abstract available.
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