[HTML][HTML] Detecting mismatch repair deficiency in solid neoplasms: immunohistochemistry, microsatellite instability, or both?

C Wang, L Zhang, E Vakiani, J Shia - Modern Pathology, 2022 - Elsevier
In managing patients with solid tumors, the value of detecting the status of tumor DNA
mismatch repair function is widely recognized. Mismatch repair protein …

Mismatch repair deficiency is not sufficient to elicit tumor immunogenicity

PMK Westcott, F Muyas, H Hauck, OC Smith… - Nature Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
DNA mismatch repair deficiency (MMRd) is associated with a high tumor mutational burden
(TMB) and sensitivity to immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapy. Nevertheless, most …

Detection of microsatellite instability: state of the art and future applications in circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA)

P Gilson, JL Merlin, A Harlé - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Microsatellite instability (MSI) is a molecular fingerprint for defects in the
mismatch repair system (dMMR) and is associated with higher risks of cancers. MSI/dMMR …

Single duplex DNA sequencing with CODEC detects mutations with high sensitivity

JH Bae, R Liu, E Roberts, E Nguyen, S Tabrizi… - Nature Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Detecting mutations from single DNA molecules is crucial in many fields but challenging.
Next-generation sequencing (NGS) affords tremendous throughput but cannot directly …

Comprehensive genomic profiling of neuroendocrine carcinomas of the gastrointestinal system

S Yachida, Y Totoki, M Noë, Y Nakatani, M Horie… - Cancer discovery, 2022 - AACR
The neuroendocrine carcinoma of the gastrointestinal system (GIS-NEC) is a rare but highly
malignant neoplasm. We analyzed 115 cases using whole-genome/exome sequencing …

Tumor monocyte content predicts immunochemotherapy outcomes in esophageal adenocarcinoma

TM Carroll, JA Chadwick, RP Owen, MJ White… - Cancer Cell, 2023 - cell.com
For inoperable esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC), identifying patients likely to benefit from
recently approved immunochemotherapy (ICI+ CTX) treatments remains a key challenge …

Multicentric pilot study to standardize clinical whole exome sequencing (WES) for cancer patients

M Menzel, S Ossowski, S Kral, P Metzger… - NPJ Precision …, 2023 - nature.com
A growing number of druggable targets and national initiatives for precision oncology
necessitate broad genomic profiling for many cancer patients. Whole exome sequencing …

Genomic and evolutionary characteristics of metastatic gastric cancer by routes

JE Lee, KT Kim, SJ Shin, JH Cheong… - British Journal of Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Background In gastric cancer (GC) patients, metastatic progression through the lymphatic,
hematogenous, peritoneal, and ovarian routes, is the ultimate cause of death. However, the …

Multi-omics analysis uncovers tumor ecosystem dynamics during neoadjuvant toripalimab plus nab-paclitaxel and S-1 for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a …

G Zhang, J Yuan, C Pan, Q Xu, X Cui, J Zhang, M Liu… - …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Immune checkpoint inhibitors combined with chemotherapy as a neoadjuvant
therapy have been applied to the treatment of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma …

Circulating tumor DNA to drive treatment in metastatic colorectal cancer

G Patelli, G Mauri, F Tosi, A Amatu, K Bencardino… - Clinical Cancer …, 2023 - AACR
In the evolving molecular treatment landscape of metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), the
identification of druggable alterations is pivotal to achieve the best therapeutic opportunity …