Language
English
Publication Date
7-2-2025
Journal
Nature Communications
DOI
10.1038/s41467-025-61063-y
PMID
40603285
PMCID
PMC12222647
PubMedCentral® Posted Date
7-2-2025
PubMedCentral® Full Text Version
Post-print
Abstract
Chromosome instability leading to aneuploidy and accumulation of copy number gains or losses is a hallmark of cancer. Copy number alteration (CNA) signatures are increasingly used for cancer risk stratification, but size thresholds for defining CNAs across cancers are variable and the biological and clinical implications of CNA size heterogeneity and co-occurrence are incompletely understood. Here we analyze CNA and clinical data from 691 meningiomas and 10,383 tumors from The Cancer Genome Atlas to develop cancer- and chromosome-specific size-dependent CNA and CNA co-occurrence models to predict tumor control and overall survival. Our results shed light on technical considerations for biomarker development and reveal prognostic CNAs with optimized size thresholds and co-occurrence patterns that refine risk stratification across a diversity of cancer types. These data suggest that consideration of CNA size, focality, number, and co-occurrence can be used to identify biomarkers of aggressive tumor behavior that may be useful for individualized risk stratification.
Keywords
Humans, DNA Copy Number Variations, Neoplasms, Risk Assessment, Prognosis, Biomarkers, Tumor, Meningioma, Female, Cancer genomics, Tumour biomarkers, CNS cancer
Published Open-Access
yes
Recommended Citation
Nguyen, Minh P; Chen, William C; Mirchia, Kanish; et al., "Pan-Cancer Copy Number Analysis Identifies Optimized Size Thresholds and Co-occurrence Models for Individualized Risk Stratification" (2025). Faculty and Staff Publications. 5335.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/baylor_docs/5335