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ArticleNPJ precision oncology2025

Pan-cancer, multi-omic correlates of survival transcending tumor lineage across 11,019 patients reveal targets and pathways.

Yiqun Zhang, Fengju Chen, Chad J Creighton

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Article in NPJ precision oncology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 authors.

Yiqun ZhangDan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Fengju ChenDan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Chad J CreightonDan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. creighto@bcm.edu.

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NIH HHS CA125123
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Molecular correlates of cancer patient overall survival (OS) can provide new insights. Here, we systematically cataloged pan-cancer, multi-omic correlates of OS transcending tumor lineage across 11,019 patients, involving multiple cancer types while correcting for cancer-type-intrinsic OS differences. Significant fractions of genes with mRNA associated with OS in pan-cancer analyses showed concordant associations at the levels of DNA copy number alteration or methylation. Pan-cancer gene signatures of T-cell and macrophage tumor infiltrates were associated with better and worse OS, respectively. Pathways implicated by molecular OS associations included metabolism, PI3K/Akt, Wnt, and TGF-beta receptor. Significant fractions of worse OS-associated genes were essential for cell growth. A pan-cancer RNA signature of aggressive cancers associated with greater sensitivity in vitro to inhibitors of MEK1/2, glycolysis pathway, and HSP90, and with chemotherapy response in patient breast tumors. With therapeutic implications, pan-cancer molecular associations with patient survival reveal genes and pathways underlying more aggressive diseases.

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PMID40617938
PMCPMC12228711

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