Unraveling the evolutionary history of breast cancer (IMAGE)

Kyoto University

Unraveling the evolutionary history of breast cancer — Caption

The der(1;16) translocation-positive breast cancer originated from a single cell around puberty. This cell repeatedly underwent cell division and expanded until it developed into breast cancer several decades later. Then, from around the age of 30 to post-menopause, multiple cells of various origins gave rise to multicentric cancer.

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KyotoU Global Comms/Tomomi Nishimura

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