The application of subclonal reconstruction methods is providing key insights
into tumor evolution, identifying subclonal driver mutations, patterns of parallel evolution and differences in mutational signatures between cellular populations, and characterizing the mechanisms of therapy resistance, spread, and metastasis.
«These results provide an unprecedented window
into the cellular dynamics of
tumor evolution and suggest that interactions between subpopulations of
tumor cell types contribute to metastatic progression from initial
tumors,» Stanger said.