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ArticleNature communications2025

Pan-cancer copy number analysis identifies optimized size thresholds and co-occurrence models for individualized risk stratification.

Minh P Nguyen, William C Chen, Kanish Mirchia, Abrar Choudhury, Naomi Zakimi, Vijay Nitturi, Tiemo J Klisch, Stephen T Magill, Calixto-Hope G Lucas, Akash J Patel and 1 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors.

Minh P NguyenDepartment of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
William C ChenDepartment of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. william.chen@ucsf.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8924-5853
Kanish MirchiaDepartment of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7371-7059
Abrar ChoudhuryDepartment of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Naomi ZakimiDepartment of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Vijay NitturiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Tiemo J KlischDepartment of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Stephen T MagillDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5257-7835
Calixto-Hope G LucasDepartment of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8347-9592
Akash J PatelDepartment of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
David R RaleighDepartment of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. david.raleigh@ucsf.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9299-8864

Funding

Tissue CoreP50CA097257 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Susan M Chang · 2002 to 2026
$57.4M
Understanding druggable drivers of meningioma tumorigenesisR01CA262311 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI RALEIGH, DAVID R · 2021 to 2025
$2.7M
UCSF Paul Calabresi K12 Career Development Program in Clinical OncologyK12CA260225 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI BERGSLAND, EMILY K, BIVONA, TREVER G · 2021 to 2025
$2.6M
Chromosomal instability and radiation sensitivity in meningiomaK99CA296996 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI William C Chen · 2025 to 2026
$326k
NCI NIH HHS K12 CA260225NCI NIH HHS K99 CA296996NCI NIH HHS P50 CA097257NCI NIH HHS R01 CA262311
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chromosome instability leading to aneuploidy and accumulation of copy number gains or losses is a hallmark of cancer. Copy number alteration (CNA) signatures are increasingly used for cancer risk stratification, but size thresholds for defining CNAs across cancers are variable and the biological and clinical implications of CNA size heterogeneity and co-occurrence are incompletely understood. Here we analyze CNA and clinical data from 691 meningiomas and 10,383 tumors from The Cancer Genome Atlas to develop cancer- and chromosome-specific size-dependent CNA and CNA co-occurrence models to predict tumor control and overall survival. Our results shed light on technical considerations for biomarker development and reveal prognostic CNAs with optimized size thresholds and co-occurrence patterns that refine risk stratification across a diversity of cancer types. These data suggest that consideration of CNA size, focality, number, and co-occurrence can be used to identify biomarkers of aggressive tumor behavior that may be useful for individualized risk stratification.

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DNA Copy Number VariationsMeningiomaNeoplasmsBiomarkers, TumorFemaleHumansPrognosisRisk AssessmentBiomarkers, Tumor

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