Molecular biology of osteosarcoma

AM Czarnecka, K Synoradzki, W Firlej, E Bartnik… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Osteosarcoma (OS) is the most frequent primary bone cancer in children and adolescents
and the third most frequent in adults. Many inherited germline mutations are responsible for …

Molecular genetics of osteosarcoma

K Rickel, F Fang, J Tao - Bone, 2017 - Elsevier
Osteosarcoma is the predominant form of bone cancer, affecting mostly adolescents. Recent
progress made in molecular genetic studies of osteosarcoma has changed our view on the …

Exome sequencing of osteosarcoma reveals mutation signatures reminiscent of BRCA deficiency

M Kovac, C Blattmann, S Ribi, J Smida… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Osteosarcomas are aggressive bone tumours with a high degree of genetic heterogeneity,
which has historically complicated driver gene discovery. Here we sequence exomes of 31 …

Genomic profiling of childhood tumor patient-derived xenograft models to enable rational clinical trial design

JL Rokita, KS Rathi, MF Cardenas, KA Upton… - Cell reports, 2019 - cell.com
Accelerating cures for children with cancer remains an immediate challenge as a result of
extensive oncogenic heterogeneity between and within histologies, distinct molecular …

Somatic TP53 mutations in the era of genome sequencing

P Hainaut, GP Pfeifer - Cold Spring …, 2016 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Amid the complexity of genetic alterations in human cancer, TP53 mutation appears as an
almost invariant component, representing by far the most frequent genetic alteration overall …

Provocative questions in osteosarcoma basic and translational biology: A report from the Children's Oncology Group

RD Roberts, MM Lizardo, DR Reed, P Hingorani… - Cancer, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Patients who are diagnosed with osteosarcoma (OS) today receive the same therapy that
patients have received over the last 4 decades. Extensive efforts to identify more effective or …

TP53 in bone and soft tissue sarcomas

E Thoenen, A Curl, T Iwakuma - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2019 - Elsevier
Genomic and functional study of existing and emerging sarcoma targets, such as fusion
proteins, chromosomal aberrations, reduced tumor suppressor activity, and oncogenic …

Disruption of the TP53 locus in osteosarcoma leads to TP53 promoter gene fusions and restoration of parts of the TP53 signalling pathway

KH Saba, V Difilippo, M Kovac… - The Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
TP53 is the most frequently mutated gene in human cancer. This gene shows not only loss‐
of‐function mutations but also recurrent missense mutations with gain‐of‐function activity …

Clinical genomic sequencing of pediatric and adult osteosarcoma reveals distinct molecular subsets with potentially targetable alterations

Y Suehara, D Alex, A Bowman, S Middha, A Zehir… - Clinical Cancer …, 2019 - AACR
Purpose: Although multimodal chemotherapy has improved outcomes for patients with
osteosarcoma, the prognosis for patients who present with metastatic and/or recurrent …

Risk factors for development of canine and human osteosarcoma: a comparative review

KM Makielski, LJ Mills, AL Sarver, MS Henson… - Veterinary …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Osteosarcoma is the most common primary tumor of bone. Osteosarcomas are rare in
humans, but occur more commonly in dogs. A comparative approach to studying …