Next-generation sequencing impact on cancer care: applications, challenges, and future directions

M Zalis, GG Viana Veloso, PN Aguiar Jr… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Fundamentally precision oncology illustrates the path in which molecular profiling of tumors
can illuminate their biological behavior, diversity, and likely outcomes by identifying distinct …

Plasma cell-free tumor methylome as a biomarker in solid tumors: biology and applications

DB Sacdalan, S Ul Haq, BH Lok - Current Oncology, 2024 - mdpi.com
DNA methylation is a fundamental mechanism of epigenetic control in cells and its
dysregulation is strongly implicated in cancer development. Cancers possess an extensively …

Oncotree2vec—a method for embedding and clustering of tumor mutation trees

MA Baciu-Drăgan, N Beerenwinkel - Bioinformatics, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Motivation Understanding the genomic heterogeneity of tumors is an important task in
computational oncology, especially in the context of finding personalized treatments based …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring Aerobic Energy metabolism in breast Cancer: a Mutational Profile of Glycolysis and oxidative phosphorylation

RC Oliveira, GC Cavalcante… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Energy metabolism is a fundamental aspect of the aggressiveness and invasiveness of
breast cancer (BC), the neoplasm that most affects women worldwide. Nonetheless, the …

Comprehensive genomic profiling by liquid biopsy captures tumor heterogeneity and identifies cancer vulnerabilities in patients with RAS/BRAFV600E wild-type …

D Ciardiello, LB Bielo, S Napolitano, E Martinelli… - Annals of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Emerging evidence supports tumor tissue-based comprehensive genomic
profiling (CGP) in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). Data on liquid biopsy-based …

[HTML][HTML] The Advantage of Targeted Next-Generation Sequencing over qPCR in Testing for Druggable EGFR Variants in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer

A Szpechcinski, J Moes-Sosnowska… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
The emergence of targeted therapies in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), including
inhibitors of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase, has increased the …

[HTML][HTML] Real-world occurrence, therapy, and outcome of patients with class 2 or 3 BRAF compared with class 1 BRAF-mutated cancers

S Pradervand, N Freundler, B Gosztonyi… - ESMO Real World Data …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background BRAF V600 mutations are the epitome of targeted therapy. However, not much
is known about non-V600 mutations. Using the new data infrastructure of the Swiss …

The evolving landscape of metastatic HER2-positive, hormone receptor-positive Breast Cancer

LB Bielo, D Trapani, E Nicolò, C Valenza… - Cancer Treatment …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Therapeutic agents targeting Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 (HER2)
demonstrated to positively impact the prognosis of HER2-positive breast cancer. HER2 …

[HTML][HTML] ESMO Recommendations on clinical reporting of genomic test results for solid cancers

J van de Haar, P Roepman, F Andre, J Balmaña… - Annals of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Genomic tumour profiling has a crucial role in the management of patients with
solid cancers, as it helps selecting and prioritising therapeutic interventions based on …

Current Challenges of Methylation-Based Liquid Biopsies in Cancer Diagnostics

T Rendek, O Pos, T Duranova, R Saade, J Budis… - Cancers, 2024 - mdpi.com
In current clinical practice, effective cancer testing and screening paradigms are limited to
specific types of cancer, exhibiting varying efficiency, acceptance, and adherence. Cell-free …