Intratumor heterogeneity: the hidden barrier to immunotherapy against MSI tumors from the perspective of IFN-γ signaling and tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes

W Wu, Y Liu, S Zeng, Y Han, H Shen - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2021 - Springer
In this era of precision medicine, with the help of biomarkers, immunotherapy has
significantly improved prognosis of many patients with malignant tumor. Deficient mismatch …

Genetic aberrations in DNA repair pathways: a cornerstone of precision oncology in prostate cancer

R Lozano, E Castro, IM Aragón, Y Cendón… - British journal of …, 2021 - nature.com
Over the past years, several studies have demonstrated that defects in DNA damage
response and repair (DDR) genes are present in a significant proportion of patients with …

Plasma ctDNA is a tumor tissue surrogate and enables clinical-genomic stratification of metastatic bladder cancer

G Vandekerkhove, JM Lavoie, M Annala… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Molecular stratification can improve the management of advanced cancers, but requires
relevant tumor samples. Metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC) is poised to benefit given a …

Evolution of castration-resistant prostate cancer in ctDNA during sequential androgen receptor pathway inhibition

M Annala, S Taavitsainen, DJ Khalaf… - Clinical Cancer …, 2021 - aacrjournals.org
Purpose: Cross-resistance renders multiple lines of androgen receptor (AR) signaling
inhibitors increasingly futile in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). We …

Mismatch repair deficiency in metastatic prostate cancer: Response to PD-1 blockade and standard therapies

LS Graham, B Montgomery, HH Cheng, EY Yu… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background While response rates to anti-PD1 therapy are low in unselected metastatic
castration resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) patients, those with inactivating mutations in …

BRCA2, ATM, and CDK12 Defects Differentially Shape Prostate Tumor Driver Genomics and Clinical Aggression

E Warner, C Herberts, S Fu, S Yip, A Wong… - Clinical Cancer …, 2021 - aacrjournals.org
Purpose: DNA damage repair (DDR) defects are common across cancer types and can
indicate therapeutic vulnerability. Optimal exploitation of DDR defects in prostate cancer …

Technical and biological constraints on ctDNA-based genoty**

C Herberts, AW Wyatt - Trends in cancer, 2021 - cell.com
Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) enables real-time genomic profiling of cancer without the
need for tissue biopsy. ctDNA-based technology is seeing rapid uptake in clinical practice …

Prognostic role of DNA damage response genes mutations and their association with the sensitivity of olaparib in prostate cancer patients

D Zhang, X Xu, Y Wei, X Chen, G Li, Z Lu… - Cancer …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective Evidence shows that gene mutation is a significant proportion of genetic factors
associated with prostate cancer. The DNA damage response (DDR) is a signal cascade …

BRCA-deficient metastatic prostate cancer has an adverse prognosis and distinct genomic phenotype

H Fettke, C Dai, EM Kwan, T Zheng, P Du, N Ng… - …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Genomic alterations in DNA damage response (DDR) genes are common in
metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). Understanding how these genomic …

Activating AKT1 and PIK3CA mutations in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer

C Herberts, AJ Murtha, S Fu, G Wang, E Schönlau… - European urology, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Activating mutations in AKT1 and PIK3CA are undercharacterised in metastatic
castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), but are linked to activation of …