Future cancer research priorities in the USA: a Lancet Oncology Commission

EM Jaffee, C Van Dang, DB Agus… - The Lancet …, 2017 - thelancet.com
We are in the midst of a technological revolution that is providing new insights into human
biology and cancer. In this era of big data, we are amassing large amounts of information …

Risk factors predisposing to cardia gastric adenocarcinoma: Insights and new perspectives

E Abdi, S Latifi‐Navid, S Zahri, A Yazdanbod… - Cancer …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Recent decades have seen an alarming increase in the incidence of cardia gastric
adenocarcinoma (CGA) while noncardia gastric adenocarcinoma (NCGA) has decreased. In …

[PDF][PDF] Comprehensive characterization of cancer driver genes and mutations

MH Bailey, C Tokheim, E Porta-Pardo, S Sengupta… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Identifying molecular cancer drivers is critical for precision oncology. Multiple advanced
algorithms to identify drivers now exist, but systematic attempts to combine and optimize …

[PDF][PDF] Evolutionary pressure against MHC class II binding cancer mutations

RM Pyke, WK Thompson, RM Salem, J Font-Burgada… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
The anti-cancer immune response against mutated peptides of potential immunological
relevance (neoantigens) is primarily attributed to MHC-I-restricted cytotoxic CD8+ T cell …

[PDF][PDF] Integrated analysis of genetic ancestry and genomic alterations across cancers

J Yuan, Z Hu, BA Mahal, SD Zhao, KH Kensler, J Pi… - Cancer cell, 2018 - cell.com
Disparities in cancer care have been a long-standing challenge. We estimated the genetic
ancestry of The Cancer Genome Atlas patients, and performed a pan-cancer analysis on the …

Comparative genomics provides etiologic and biological insight into melanoma subtypes

F Newell, PA Johansson, JS Wilmott, K Nones, V Lakis… - Cancer discovery, 2022 - AACR
Melanoma is a cancer of melanocytes, with multiple subtypes based on body site location.
Cutaneous melanoma is associated with skin exposed to ultraviolet radiation; uveal …

Germline variant burden in cancer genes correlates with age at diagnosis and somatic mutation burden

T Qing, H Mohsen, M Marczyk, Y Ye, T O'Meara… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Cancers harbor many somatic mutations and germline variants, we hypothesized that the
combined effect of germline variants that alter the structure, expression, or function of protein …

Precancer atlas to drive precision prevention trials

A Spira, MB Yurgelun, L Alexandrov, A Rao, R Bejar… - Cancer research, 2017 - AACR
Cancer development is a complex process driven by inherited and acquired molecular and
cellular alterations. Prevention is the holy grail of cancer elimination, but making this a reality …

[HTML][HTML] Somatic mutations provide important and unique insights into the biology of complex diseases

S Olafsson, CA Anderson - Trends in Genetics, 2021 - cell.com
Somatic evolution of cells within the body is well known to lead to cancers. However, spread
of somatic mutations within a tissue over time may also contribute to the pathogenesis of non …

Illuminating the noncoding genome in cancer

X Zhang, M Meyerson - Nature cancer, 2020 - nature.com
Understanding the mechanisms underlying tumorigenesis requires comprehensive
annotation of the cancer genome. The majority of the human genome consists of noncoding …