Evolutionary pathways in BRCA1-associated breast tumors.

abstract：:Researchers have presented a new model that uses six readily available clinical factors to predict whether a patient with advanced bladder cancer who has already received platinum chemotherapy will respond to treatment with the PD-L1 inhibitor atezolizumab. The results may help patients and their doctors decide how to...

journal_title：Cancer discovery

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更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A report from the American Cancer Society reveals that colorectal cancer in people younger than 50 continues to increase, a trend that has spread to the 50-to-64 age group for the first time. Multiple lines of evidence indicate that obesity, often pinpointed as the cause, is not the only contributor. ...

journal_title：Cancer discovery

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更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BRAF inhibitors stabilize a closed, rigid RAF kinase conformation that facilitates dimerization. ...

journal_title：Cancer discovery

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更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metastasizing tumor cells lose expression of the tumor suppressor PTEN at a much higher rate when they enter the brain compared to other organs, suggesting that the brain's unique microenvironment may prime metastatic cells for aggressive growth, a recent study reports. The findings may have implications for developin...

journal_title：Cancer discovery

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更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epigenetic regulators, when genomically altered, may become driver oncogenes that mediate otherwise unexplained pro-oncogenic changes lacking a clear genetic stimulus, such as activation of the WNT/β-catenin pathway in melanoma. This study identifies previously unrecognized recurrent activating mutations in the G9a hi...

journal_title：Cancer discovery

authors： Kato S,Weng QY,Insco ML,Chen KY,Muralidhar S,Pozniak J,Diaz JMS,Drier Y,Nguyen N,Lo JA,van Rooijen E,Kemeny LV,Zhan Y,Feng Y,Silkworth W,Powell CT,Liau BB,Xiong Y,Jin J,Newton-Bishop J,Zon LI,Bernstein BE,Fish

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is poorly responsive to therapies and histologically contains a paucity of neoplastic cells embedded within a dense desmoplastic stroma. Within the stroma, cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAF) secrete tropic factors and extracellular matrix components, and have been implicated in...

journal_title：Cancer discovery

authors： Biffi G,Oni TE,Spielman B,Hao Y,Elyada E,Park Y,Preall J,Tuveson DA

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on results of the phase III BILCAP study, adjuvant capecitabine should become standard treatment for patients with biliary tract cancer. Among 430 patients who were treated according to the study protocol, capecitabine was associated with a 25% lower risk of death than observation. ...

journal_title：Cancer discovery

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更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Alterations in metabolic activity contribute to the proliferation and survival of cancer cells. We investigated the effect of siRNA-mediated gene silencing of 222 metabolic enzymes, transporters, and regulators on the survival of 3 metastatic prostate cancer cell lines and a nonmalignant prostate epithelial ...

journal_title：Cancer discovery

authors： Ros S,Santos CR,Moco S,Baenke F,Kelly G,Howell M,Zamboni N,Schulze A

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Researchers have developed an antibody-drug conjugate with the potential to treat neuroblastoma. The agent targets ALK, which is found on neuroblastoma cells but not healthy cells, delivering a drug that causes DNA cross-links. Researchers have found that the antibody-drug conjugate kills ALK-expressing cells in vitro...

journal_title：Cancer discovery

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更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asparagine promotes the survival of cancer cells in response to glutamine withdrawal. ...

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更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The FDA granted accelerated approval to palbociclib for the treatment of estrogen receptor-positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer in postmenopausal women who have not yet received endocrine-based therapy. Palbociclib is the first cell cycle-targeting CDK 4/6 inhibitor to reach the market. ...

journal_title：Cancer discovery

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更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inosine produced by the gut microbe Bifidobacterium pseudolongum enhanced anti-CTLA4's efficacy. ...

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更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the largest clinical trial to date of immune checkpoint inhibitors for mesothelioma, patients treated with nivolumab-either alone or in combination with ipilimumab-posted impressive response rates and survival outcomes, according to data presented at the 2017 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting. Ho...

journal_title：Cancer discovery

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更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MYC is implicated in the development and progression of pancreatic cancer, yet the precise level of MYC deregulation required to contribute to tumor development has been difficult to define. We used modestly elevated expression of human MYC, driven from the Rosa26 locus, to investigate the pancreatic phenotypes arisin...

journal_title：Cancer discovery

authors： Muthalagu N,Monteverde T,Raffo-Iraolagoitia X,Wiesheu R,Whyte D,Hedley A,Laing S,Kruspig B,Upstill-Goddard R,Shaw R,Neidler S,Rink C,Karim SA,Gyuraszova K,Nixon C,Clark W,Biankin AV,Carlin LM,Coffelt SB,Sansom OJ,

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Glioblastomas (GBM) with EGFR amplification represent approximately 50% of newly diagnosed cases, and recent studies have revealed frequent coexistence of multiple EGFR aberrations within the same tumor, which has implications for mutation cooperation and treatment resistance. However, bulk tumor sequencing ...

journal_title：Cancer discovery

authors： Francis JM,Zhang CZ,Maire CL,Jung J,Manzo VE,Adalsteinsson VA,Homer H,Haidar S,Blumenstiel B,Pedamallu CS,Ligon AH,Love JC,Meyerson M,Ligon KL

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The TIGIT inhibitor tiragolumab, alone or in combination with the PD-L1 inhibitor atezolizumab, may be effective against solid cancers. In phase I and II trials, the agent achieved statistically significant results in multiple solid malignancies-most notably non-small cell lung cancer. ...

journal_title：Cancer discovery

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更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activating mutations in the EGF receptor (EGFR) are associated with clinical responsiveness to EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI), such as erlotinib and gefitinib. However, resistance eventually arises, often due to a second EGFR mutation, most commonly T790M. Through a genome-wide siRNA screen in a human lung canc...

journal_title：Cancer discovery

authors： de Bruin EC,Cowell C,Warne PH,Jiang M,Saunders RE,Melnick MA,Gettinger S,Walther Z,Wurtz A,Heynen GJ,Heideman DA,Gómez-Román J,García-Castaño A,Gong Y,Ladanyi M,Varmus H,Bernards R,Smit EF,Politi K,Downward J

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results from a phase III trial indicate that maintenance therapy with the PARP inhibitor niraparib is more effective than placebo in slowing the progression of recurrent platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer. Improved progression-free survival was seen regardless of the presence or absence of germline BRCA mutations, or o...

journal_title：Cancer discovery

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更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the setting of recent exciting clinical results and numerous ongoing trials, Piotrowska and colleagues explore mechanisms of acquired resistance to the mutant-specific EGFR inhibitor rociletinib, and demonstrate that loss of T790M, EGFR amplification, and small-cell transformation are all clinically relevant mechan...

journal_title：Cancer discovery

authors： Ichihara E,Lovly CM

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The FDA has approved the small-molecule inhibitor midostaurin in combination with chemotherapy to treat acute myeloid leukemia. It is the first approved drug for the disease that specifically targets FLT3 mutations, which occur in about a quarter of all AML cases and are associated with particularly poor outcomes. ...

journal_title：Cancer discovery

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更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The IPRES signature is related to anti-PD-1 response, and high mutational load predicts survival. ...

journal_title：Cancer discovery

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更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Margetuximab outperformed trastuzumab in a phase III, head-to-head trial of the two anti-HER2 agents among patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer. The new antibody drug was engineered for enhanced immune activity against HER2-expressing tumor cells. ...

journal_title：Cancer discovery

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更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) may be an effective tool for smoking cessation. In a randomized trial, researchers found that 18% of those assigned to use e-cigarettes were smoke-free after a year, compared with 9.9% of those assigned to nicotine replacement therapies such as patches and gum. However, those in th...

journal_title：Cancer discovery

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更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bromodomain and extraterminal domain (BET) proteins are epigenetic readers that regulate gene expression and are involved in cancer pathogenesis. Over the last years, several BET inhibitors have been developed and clinically tested. Results from the first clinical trials show limited single-agent activity in a small s...

journal_title：Cancer discovery

authors： Stathis A,Bertoni F

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:According to results from ENZAMET, a global phase III trial, adding enzalutamide to standard treatment for men with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer is superior in prolonging survival compared with older nonsteroidal antiandrogen drugs. ...

journal_title：Cancer discovery

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更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The investigational menin-MLL inhibitor KO-539 may be active in patients with acute myeloid leukemia: In a phase I trial, the agent induced complete remissions in two patients with relapsed/refractory disease and showed signs of activity in several others. ...

journal_title：Cancer discovery

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更新日期：2020-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Preliminary results from an ongoing phase I clinical trial in China suggest that chimeric antigen receptor T cells engineered to home in on a protein called BCMA may be a potent therapeutic option for multiple myeloma. The therapy was well tolerated and induced complete, durable responses in patients with relapsed/ref...

journal_title：Cancer discovery

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更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comprehensive analysis of 1,122 diffuse glioma samples from The Cancer Genome Atlas has revealed two new subtypes of this common brain cancer, with molecular and clinical features that diverge from the norm. The study findings also support the use of DNA methylation profiles to improve glioma classification and trea...

journal_title：Cancer discovery

authors： Poh A

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With advances in technology and bioinformatics, we are now positioned to view and manage cancer through an evolutionary lens. This perspective is critical as our appreciation for the role of tumor heterogeneity, tumor immune compartment, and tumor microenvironment on cancer pathogenesis and evolution grows. Here, we e...

journal_title：Cancer discovery

authors： McCoach CE,Bivona TG

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new study of zebrafish may explain why only certain skin cells grow into tumors. Besides melanoma-promoting mutations, these cells express key neural crest genes, such as crestin and sox10, that induce regression to an embryonic state. They also bear epigenetic changes that might amplify expression of these genes. ...

journal_title：Cancer discovery

authors： Leslie M

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00