Technological advancements in cancer diagnostics: Improvements and limitations

A Pulumati, A Pulumati, BS Dwarakanath… - Cancer …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Cancer is characterized by the rampant proliferation, growth, and infiltration of
malignantly transformed cancer cells past their normal boundaries into adjacent tissues. It is …

Impact of precision medicine in diverse cancers: a meta-analysis of phase II clinical trials

M Schwaederle, M Zhao, JJ Lee… - Journal of clinical …, 2015 - ascopubs.org
Purpose The impact of a personalized cancer treatment strategy (ie, matching patients with
drugs based on specific biomarkers) is still a matter of debate. Methods We reviewed phase …

Association of biomarker-based treatment strategies with response rates and progression-free survival in refractory malignant neoplasms: a meta-analysis

M Schwaederle, M Zhao, JJ Lee, V Lazar… - JAMA …, 2016 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The impact of a biomarker-based (personalized) cancer treatment strategy in the
setting of phase 1 clinical trials was analyzed. Objective To compare patient outcomes in …

Cancer biomarker discovery and translation: proteomics and beyond

VA Hristova, DW Chan - Expert review of proteomics, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Cancer is often diagnosed at late stages when the chance of cure is relatively
low and although research initiatives in oncology discover many potential cancer …

Characterization of cancer genomic heterogeneity by next-generation sequencing advances precision medicine in cancer treatment

J Zhang, SS Späth, SL Marjani… - Precision clinical …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Cancer is a heterogeneous disease with unique genomic and phenotypic features that differ
between individual patients and even among individual tumor regions. In recent years, large …

Update on the types and usage of liquid biopsies in the clinical setting: a systematic review

B Arneth - BMC cancer, 2018 - Springer
Background This systematic review aimed to gather evidence from research on the current
state of liquid biopsy in medical practice, specifically focusing on mutation detection and …

[HTML][HTML] NRAS mutation is the sole recurrent somatic mutation in large congenital melanocytic nevi

C Charbel, RH Fontaine, GG Malouf, A Picard… - Journal of Investigative …, 2014 - Elsevier
Congenital melanocytic nevus (CMN) is a particular melanocytic in utero proliferation
characterized by an increased risk of melanoma transformation during infancy or adulthood …

Advances in kinase targeting: current clinical use and clinical trials

M Rask-Andersen, J Zhang, D Fabbro… - Trends in pharmacological …, 2014 - cell.com
Phosphotransferases, also known as kinases, are the most intensively studied protein drug
target category in current pharmacological research, as evidenced by the vast number of …

Next-generation sequencing technologies: breaking the sound barrier of human genetics

EM Bahassi, PJ Stambrook - Mutagenesis, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Demand for new technologies that deliver fast, inexpensive and accurate genome
information has never been greater. This challenge has catalysed the rapid development of …

Inherited predisposition to acute myeloid leukemia

LA Godley - Seminars in hematology, 2014 - Elsevier
Germline testing for familial predisposition to myeloid malignancies is becoming more
common with the recognition of multiple familial syndromes. Currently, Clinical Laboratory …