A model for RAS mutation patterns in cancers: finding the sweet spot

S Li, A Balmain, CM Counter - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2018 - nature.com
The three RAS genes—HRAS, NRAS and KRAS—are collectively mutated in one-third of
human cancers, where they act as prototypic oncogenes. Interestingly, there are rather …

Diagnosis and molecular classification of lung cancer

J Rodriguez-Canales, E Parra-Cuentas… - Lung Cancer: Treatment …, 2016 - Springer
Lung cancer is a complex disease composed of diverse histological and molecular types
with clinical relevance. The advent of large-scale molecular profiling has been helpful to …

Single and dual targeting of mutant EGFR with an allosteric inhibitor

C To, J Jang, T Chen, E Park, M Mushajiang… - Cancer …, 2019 - aacrjournals.org
Allosteric kinase inhibitors offer a potentially complementary therapeutic strategy to ATP-
competitive kinase inhibitors due to their distinct sites of target binding. In this study, we …

Unravelling intratumoral heterogeneity through high-sensitivity single-cell mutational analysis and parallel RNA sequencing

A Rodriguez-Meira, G Buck, SA Clark, BJ Povinelli… - Molecular cell, 2019 - cell.com
Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) has emerged as a powerful tool for resolving
transcriptional heterogeneity. However, its application to studying cancerous tissues is …

MET Amplification and Exon 14 Splice Site Mutation Define Unique Molecular Subgroups of Non–Small Cell Lung Carcinoma with Poor Prognosis

JH Tong, SF Yeung, AWH Chan, LY Chung… - Clinical Cancer …, 2016 - aacrjournals.org
Purpose: Activation of MET oncogene as the result of amplification or activation mutation
represents an emerging molecular target for cancer treatment. We comprehensively studied …

Clinical validation of the detection of KRAS and BRAF mutations from circulating tumor DNA

AR Thierry, F Mouliere, S El Messaoudi, C Mollevi… - Nature medicine, 2014 - nature.com
Assessment of KRAS status is mandatory in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer
(mCRC) before applying targeted therapy. We describe here a blinded prospective study to …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular testing guideline for selection of lung cancer patients for EGFR and ALK tyrosine kinase inhibitors: guideline from the College of American …

NI Lindeman, PT Cagle, MB Beasley, DA Chitale… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2013 - Elsevier
Objective To establish evidence-based recommendations for the molecular analysis of lung
cancers that are that are required to guide EGFR-and ALK-directed therapies, addressing …

[HTML][HTML] Diverse EGFR exon 20 insertions and co-occurring molecular alterations identified by comprehensive genomic profiling of NSCLC

JW Riess, DR Gandara, GM Frampton… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2018 - Elsevier
Introduction EGFR exon 20 insertions (EGFRex20ins) comprise an uncommon subset of
EGFR-activating alterations relatively insensitive to first-and second-generation EGFR …

Proteomic analysis of exosomes from mutant KRAS colon cancer cells identifies intercellular transfer of mutant KRAS

MD Beckler, JN Higginbotham, JL Franklin… - Molecular & cellular …, 2013 - mcponline.org
Activating mutations in KRAS occur in 30% to 40% of colorectal cancers. How mutant KRAS
alters cancer cell behavior has been studied intensively, but non-cell autonomous effects of …

Molecular heterogeneity in lung cancer: from mechanisms of origin to clinical implications

FZ Marino, R Bianco, M Accardo… - … journal of medical …, 2019 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Molecular heterogeneity is a frequent event in cancer responsible of several critical issues in
diagnosis and treatment of oncologic patients. Lung tumours are characterized by high …