PTEN dual lipid-and protein-phosphatase function in tumor progression

A Liu, Y Zhu, W Chen, G Merlino, Y Yu - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome ten (PTEN) is a
multifunctional tumor suppressor with protein-and lipid-phosphatase activities. The …

Hereditary colorectal, gastric, and pancreatic cancer: comprehensive review

TT Seppälä, RA Burkhart, BW Katona - BJS open, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Inheritance patterns show familial clustering of gastrointestinal cancers, and
multiple germline conditions have now been identified that predispose to colorectal, gastric …

[HTML][HTML] Lynch syndrome genetics and clinical implications

P Peltomäki, M Nyström, JP Mecklin, TT Seppälä - Gastroenterology, 2023 - Elsevier
Lynch syndrome (LS) is one of the most prevalent hereditary cancer syndromes in humans
and accounts for some 3% of unselected patients with colorectal or endometrial cancer and …

Teenage-onset colorectal cancers in a digenic cancer predisposition syndrome provide clues for the interaction between mismatch repair and polymerase δ …

E Schamschula, M Kinzel, A Wernstedt, K Oberhuber… - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Colorectal cancer (CRC) in adolescents and young adults (AYA) is rare.
Genetic causes include autosomal recessive and dominant monogenic disorders due to …

[HTML][HTML] MLH1 promotor hypermethylation in colorectal and endometrial carcinomas from patients with Lynch syndrome

NC Helderman, KD Andini, ME van Leerdam… - The Journal of Molecular …, 2024 - Elsevier
Screening for Lynch syndrome (LS) in colorectal cancer (CRC) and endometrial cancer
patients generally involves immunohistochemical staining of the mismatch repair (MMR) …

Precursor lesions in familial and hereditary pancreatic cancer

MJ Pflüger, LAA Brosens, RH Hruban - Familial Cancer, 2024 - Springer
Infiltrating ductal adenocarcinoma of the pancreas, referred to here as “pancreatic cancer,” is
one of the deadliest of all of the solid malignancies. The five-year survival rate in the United …

Molecular profile of MSH6-associated colorectal carcinomas shows distinct features from other lynch syndrome–associated colorectal carcinomas

AS Van Der Werf, T Lam, D Terlouw… - …, 2023 - gastrojournal.org
Lynch syndrome (LS) is the most common hereditary colorectal cancer (CRC) syndrome and
is caused by pathogenic constitutional variants in 1 of the mismatch repair (MMR) genes …

Multi‐omic analysis in normal colon organoids highlights MSH4 as a novel marker of defective mismatch repair in Lynch syndrome and microsatellite instability

M Devall, MW Ali, S Eaton, DJ Weisenberger… - Cancer …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Lynch syndrome (LS) is a hereditary condition that increases the risk of
colorectal (CRC) and extracolonic cancers that exhibit microsatellite instability (MSI‐H). MSI …

Lynch Syndrome: From Multidisciplinary Management to Precision Prevention

A Dal Buono, A Puccini, G Franchellucci, M Airoldi… - Cancers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Lynch syndrome (LS) stands as the predominant inherited cancer
condition at present. Currently, surveillance is based on genotype-driven strategies and …

Characterization of discordance between mismatch repair deficiency and microsatellite instability testing may prevent inappropriate treatment with immunotherapy

BS Geurts, LJ Zeverijn… - The Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract In the Drug Rediscovery Protocol (DRUP), patients with cancer are treated based
on their tumor molecular profile with approved targeted and immunotherapies outside the …