[HTML][HTML] The translational challenges of precision oncology

O Pich, C Bailey, TBK Watkins, S Zaccaria… - Cancer Cell, 2022 - cell.com
The translational challenges in the field of precision oncology are in part related to the
biological complexity and diversity of this disease. Technological advances in genomics …

Carbonic anhydrase IX: A tumor acidification switch in heterogeneity and chemokine regulation

A Queen, HN Bhutto, M Yousuf, MA Syed… - Seminars in Cancer …, 2022 - Elsevier
The primary physiological process of respiration produces carbon dioxide (CO 2) that reacts
with water molecules which subsequently liberates bicarbonate (HCO–3) and protons …

Ancestry-driven recalibration of tumor mutational burden and disparate clinical outcomes in response to immune checkpoint inhibitors

AH Nassar, E Adib, S Abou Alaiwi, T El Zarif, S Groha… - Cancer Cell, 2022 - cell.com
The immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) pembrolizumab is US FDA approved for treatment of
solid tumors with high tumor mutational burden (TMB-high;≥ 10 variants/Mb). However, the …

TP53-dependent toxicity of CRISPR/Cas9 cuts is differential across genomic loci and can confound genetic screening

MM Álvarez, J Biayna, F Supek - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing can inactivate genes in a precise manner. This process involves
DNA double-strand breaks (DSB), which may incur a loss of cell fitness. We hypothesize that …

[HTML][HTML] Germline-focused analysis of tumour-detected variants in 49,264 cancer patients: ESMO Precision Medicine Working Group recommendations

Z Kuzbari, C Bandlamudi, C Loveday, A Garrett… - Annals of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Background The ESMO Precision Medicine Working Group was reconvened to
update its 2018/19 recommendations on follow-up of putative germline variants detected on …

The PARP1 selective inhibitor saruparib (AZD5305) elicits potent and durable antitumor activity in patient-derived BRCA1/2-associated cancer models

A Herencia-Ropero, A Llop-Guevara… - Genome medicine, 2024 - Springer
Background Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 and 2 (PARP1/2) inhibitors (PARPi) are
targeted therapies approved for homologous recombination repair (HRR)-deficient breast …

The impact of rare germline variants on human somatic mutation processes

M Vali-Pour, S Park, J Espinosa-Carrasco… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Somatic mutations are an inevitable component of ageing and the most important cause of
cancer. The rates and types of somatic mutation vary across individuals, but relatively few …

Reversion mutations in germline BRCA1/2-mutant tumors reveal a BRCA-mediated phenotype in non-canonical histologies

YR Murciano-Goroff, AM Schram, EY Rosen… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The association between loss of BRCA1/2 and a homologous recombination deficiency
phenotype is lineage dependent. In BRCA-associated cancers such as breast, ovarian …

[HTML][HTML] Management of individuals with germline pathogenic/likely pathogenic variants in CHEK2: A clinical practice resource of the American College of Medical …

H Hanson, E Astiazaran-Symonds, LM Amendola… - Genetics in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Purpose Although the role of CHEK2 germline pathogenic variants in cancer predisposition
is well known, resources for managing CHEK2 heterozygotes in clinical practice are limited …

[HTML][HTML] Detecting mismatch repair deficiency in solid neoplasms: immunohistochemistry, microsatellite instability, or both?

C Wang, L Zhang, E Vakiani, J Shia - Modern Pathology, 2022 - Elsevier
In managing patients with solid tumors, the value of detecting the status of tumor DNA
mismatch repair function is widely recognized. Mismatch repair protein …