Aggressive glioblastomas, sarcomas and gastric cancers keep amplified cancer genes such as EGFR, MYC, MDM2 and CDK4 on free-floating DNA circles (ecDNA) whose copy number rises and falls quickly, letting the tumour dial resistance up and down. Cells carrying ecDNA depend on CHK1, giving a first drug target.
ecDNA carries EGFR, MYC, MDM2, and CDK4 amplicons in glioblastoma, sarcoma, and gastric cancer, associates with shorter survival, and enables rapid drug resistance by copy-number fluctuation. The eDyNAmiC Cancer Grand Challenge team reported CHK1 dependence and transcription-replication conflicts in ecDNA+ cells (2024).
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