Pan-cancer deconvolution of tumour composition using DNA methylation

Determining the extent of immune cell infiltration into solid tumours is essential for adequate therapeutic response. Here the authors develop a DNA methylation-based approach for tumour cell fraction deconvolution and analyse tumour composition and genomics across a wide spectrum of solid cancers.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ankur Chakravarthy, Andrew Furness, Kroopa Joshi, Ehsan Ghorani, Kirsty Ford, Matthew J. Ward, Emma V. King, Matt Lechner, Teresa Marafioti, Sergio A. Quezada, Gareth J. Thomas, Andrew Feber, Tim R. Fenton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05570-1