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ReviewNature reviews. Genetics2025

Integrating model systems and genomic insights to decipher mechanisms of cancer metastasis.

Michelle M Leung, Charles Swanton, Nicholas McGranahan

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Review in Nature reviews. Genetics, 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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7citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Michelle M LeungCancer Research UK Lung Cancer Centre of Excellence, University College London Cancer Institute, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9555-1080
Charles SwantonCancer Research UK Lung Cancer Centre of Excellence, University College London Cancer Institute, London, UK. charles.swanton@crick.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4299-3018
Nicholas McGranahanCancer Research UK Lung Cancer Centre of Excellence, University College London Cancer Institute, London, UK. nicholas.mcgranahan.10@ucl.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9537-4045

Funding

Wellcome Trust CC2041
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Deciphering metastatic processes is crucial for understanding cancer progression and potential treatment options. Genetic studies of model systems engineered to mimic metastatic disease, including organoids, genetically engineered mice and human cell lines, have had an important role in shaping our understanding of the metastatic cascade and how it can be manipulated. More recently, advances in high-throughput sequencing have enabled human metastases to be studied at single-cell and single-nucleotide resolution, providing insights into metastatic evolution and phenotypes of both cancer cells and immune cells. However, human tissue studies are often correlative and descriptive, whereas experimental models are reductionistic by nature, meaning that individual results should be interpreted with caution. Crucially, these seemingly disparate branches of metastasis research can and should complement each other to strengthen and validate findings. Here we explore the synergies between model systems and sequencing studies and outline key areas that must be explored to improve our understanding of the metastatic process.

Indexed as

GenomicsNeoplasm MetastasisNeoplasmsAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansMice

Identifiers

PMID40065153
PMCPMC7618028

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