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    Wilkinson, Scott; Harmon, Stephanie A; Terrigino, Nicholas T; Karzai, Fatima; Pinto, Peter A; Madan, Ravi A; VanderWeele, David J; Lake, Ross; Atway, Rayann; Bright, John R; Carrabba, Nicole V; Trostel, Shana Y; Lis, Rosina T; Chun, Guinevere; Gulley, James L; Merino, Maria J; Choyke, Peter L; Ye, Huihui; Dahut, William L; Turkbey, Baris; Sowalsky, Adam G

    Nature communications, 02/2020, Letnik: 11, Številka: 1
    Journal Article

    Localized prostate cancers are genetically variable and frequently multifocal, comprising spatially distinct regions with multiple independently-evolving clones. To date there is no understanding of whether this variability can influence management decisions for patients with prostate tumors. Here, we present a single case from a clinical trial of neoadjuvant intense androgen deprivation therapy. A patient was diagnosed with a large semi-contiguous tumor by imaging, histologically composed of a large Gleason score 9 tumor with an adjacent Gleason score 7 nodule. DNA sequencing demonstrates these are two independent tumors, as only the Gleason 9 tumor harbors single-copy losses of PTEN and TP53. The PTEN/TP53-deficient tumor demonstrates treatment resistance, selecting for subclones with mutations to the remaining copies of PTEN and TP53, while the Gleason 7 PTEN-intact tumor is almost entirely ablated. These findings indicate that spatiogenetic variability is a major confounder for personalized treatment of patients with prostate cancer.