Management of patients with advanced-stage HER2-positive breast cancer: current evidence and future perspectives

A Marra, S Chandarlapaty, S Modi - Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, 2024 - nature.com
Amplification and/or overexpression of ERBB2, the gene encoding HER2, can be found in
15–20% of invasive breast cancers and is associated with an aggressive phenotype and …

HER2 intratumoral heterogeneity in breast cancer, an evolving concept

Y Hou, H Nitta, Z Li - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary HER2 intratumoral heterogeneity (ITH) is a well-known phenomenon in
breast cancer, defined as the coexistence of subpopulations of tumor cells with different …

Multi-cancer analysis of clonality and the timing of systemic spread in paired primary tumors and metastases

Z Hu, Z Li, Z Ma, C Curtis - Nature genetics, 2020 - nature.com
Metastasis is the primary cause of cancer-related deaths, but the natural history, clonal
evolution and impact of treatment are poorly understood. We analyzed whole-exome …

Clinical-genomic determinants of immune checkpoint blockade response in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

C Valero, M Golkaram, JL Vos, B Xu… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Am Soc Clin Investig
BACKGROUND Recurrent and/or metastatic (R/M) head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
(HNSCC) is generally an incurable disease, with patients experiencing median survival of …

Tissue and liquid biopsy profiling reveal convergent tumor evolution and therapy evasion in breast cancer

S Sivakumar, DX Jin, H Tukachinsky… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Pathological and genomic profiling have transformed breast cancer care by matching
patients to targeted treatments. However, tumors evolve and evade therapeutic interventions …

Temporal and spatial topography of cell proliferation in cancer

G Gaglia, S Kabraji, D Rammos, Y Dai, A Verma… - Nature cell …, 2022 - nature.com
Proliferation is a fundamental trait of cancer cells, but its properties and spatial organization
in tumours are poorly characterized. Here we use highly multiplexed tissue imaging to …

[HTML][HTML] The hallmarks of cancer as ecologically driven phenotypes

JA Somarelli - Frontiers in ecology and evolution, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Ecological fitness is the ability of individuals in a population to survive and reproduce.
Individuals with increased fitness are better equipped to withstand the selective pressures of …

[HTML][HTML] Treatment of evolving cancers will require dynamic decision support

MAR Strobl, J Gallaher, M Robertson-Tessi, J West… - Annals of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•Cancer is a heterogeneous and evolving disease, yet most drugs are
administered to simply give the maximum dose.•Treatment scheduling currently ignores the …

Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway as chemotherapeutic target in breast cancer: an update on pros and cons

N Mukherjee, CK Panda - Clinical breast cancer, 2020 - Elsevier
The Wnt/β-catenin pathway, in addition to playing a crucial role in the development of the
mammary gland during embryogenesis and during pregnancy, is one of the most commonly …

The spatial and genomic hierarchy of tumor ecosystems revealed by single-cell technologies

EA Smith, HC Hodges - Trends in cancer, 2019 - cell.com
Many malignancies display heterogeneous features that support cancer progression.
Emerging high-resolution methods provide a view of heterogeneity that recognizes the …