Hepatocellular carcinoma (primer)

JM Llovet, RK Kelley, A Villanueva… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - search.proquest.com
Liver cancer remains a global health challenge, with an estimated incidence of> 1 million
cases by 2025. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common form of liver cancer …

Liquid biopsy enters the clinic—implementation issues and future challenges

M Ignatiadis, GW Sledge, SS Jeffrey - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2021 - nature.com
Historically, studies of disseminated tumour cells in bone marrow and circulating tumour
cells in peripheral blood have provided crucial insights into cancer biology and the …

Current and future perspectives of liquid biopsies in genomics-driven oncology

E Heitzer, IS Haque, CES Roberts… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Precision oncology seeks to leverage molecular information about cancer to improve patient
outcomes. Tissue biopsy samples are widely used to characterize tumours but are limited by …

Circulating tumour DNA analysis to direct therapy in advanced breast cancer (plasmaMATCH): a multicentre, multicohort, phase 2a, platform trial

NC Turner, B Kingston, LS Kilburn… - The Lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Summary Background Circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) testing might provide a current
assessment of the genomic profile of advanced cancer, without the need to repeat tumour …

Application of cell-free DNA analysis to cancer treatment

RB Corcoran, BA Chabner - New England Journal of Medicine, 2018 - Mass Medical Soc
Emerging Roles of Cell-free Tumor DNA in Oncology The capacity to detect new cancers,
treatment-resistant variants, and tumor heterogeneity by noninvasive technology on the …

Evaluating the analytical validity of circulating tumor DNA sequencing assays for precision oncology

IW Deveson, B Gong, K Lai, JS LoCoco… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) sequencing is being rapidly adopted in precision oncology,
but the accuracy, sensitivity and reproducibility of ctDNA assays is poorly understood. Here …

Liquid biopsies in cancer diagnosis, monitoring, and prognosis

G De Rubis, SR Krishnan, M Bebawy - Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2019 - cell.com
Liquid biopsies, comprising the noninvasive analysis of circulating tumor-derived material
(the 'tumor circulome'), represent an innovative tool in precision oncology to overcome …

Assessment of blood tumor mutational burden as a potential biomarker for immunotherapy in patients with non–small cell lung cancer with use of a next-generation …

Z Wang, J Duan, S Cai, M Han, H Dong, J Zhao… - JAMA …, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Tumor mutational burden (TMB), as measured by whole-exome sequencing
(WES) or a cancer gene panel (CGP), is associated with immunotherapy responses …

Frequency and spectrum of PIK3CA somatic mutations in breast cancer

O Martínez-Sáez, N Chic, T Pascual, B Adamo… - Breast cancer …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose The therascreen PIK3CA mutation assay and the alpha-specific PI3K
inhibitor alpelisib are FDA-approved for identifying and treating patients with advanced …

Genomics of lethal prostate cancer at diagnosis and castration resistance

J Mateo, G Seed, C Bertan, P Rescigno… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Am Soc Clin Investig
The genomics of primary prostate cancer differ from those of metastatic castration-resistant
prostate cancer (mCRPC). We studied genomic aberrations in primary prostate cancer …