Testing algorithm for identification of patients with TRK fusion cancer

F Penault-Llorca, ER Rudzinski… - Journal of clinical …, 2019 - jcp.bmj.com
The neurotrophic tyrosine receptor kinase (NTRK) gene family encodes three tropomyosin
receptor kinases (TRKA, TRKB, TRKC) that contribute to central and peripheral nervous …

Emerging soft tissue tumors with kinase fusions: an overview of the recent literature with an emphasis on diagnostic criteria

CR Antonescu - Genes, Chromosomes and Cancer, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A recent breakthrough in the classification of soft tissue tumors (STT) has been a significant
expansion in the number of neoplasms associated with NTRK and other kinase related …

TRK fusion cancers in children: a clinical review and recommendations for screening

CM Albert, JL Davis, N Federman… - Journal of Clinical …, 2019 - ascopubs.org
Chromosomal translocations involving the NTRK1, NTRK2, and NTRK3 genes (TRK
fusions), which encode the neurotrophin tyrosine kinase receptors TRKA, TRKB, and TRKC …

Spindle cell tumors with RET gene fusions exhibit a morphologic spectrum akin to tumors with NTRK gene fusions

CR Antonescu, BC Dickson, D Swanson… - The American journal …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
A major breakthrough in the classification of soft tissue tumors has been the recent
identification of NTRK-fusion related neoplasms which are amenable to highly effective …

Mesenchymal neoplasms with NTRK and other kinase gene alterations

JL Davis, A Al‐Ibraheemi, ER Rudzinski… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Kinase alterations are increasingly recognised as oncogenic drivers in mesenchymal
tumours. Infantile fibrosarcoma and the related renal tumour, congenital mesoblastic …

[HTML][HTML] Novel BRAF gene fusions and activating point mutations in spindle cell sarcomas with histologic overlap with infantile fibrosarcoma

AJ Penning, A Al-Ibraheemi, M Michal, BT Larsen… - Modern Pathology, 2021 - Elsevier
Infantile fibrosarcoma (IFS)/cellular congenital mesoblastic nephroma (cCMN) commonly
harbors the classic ETV6-NTRK3 translocation. However, there are recent reports of …

Spotlight on the treatment of infantile fibrosarcoma in the era of neurotrophic tropomyosin receptor kinase inhibitors: international consensus and remaining …

D Orbach, M Sparber-Sauer, TW Laetsch… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Targeted neurotrophic tropomyosin receptor kinase (TRK) inhibitors offer a highly specific
therapeutic option for patients with infantile fibrosarcoma (IFS) carrying the NTRK gene …

Small tandem DNA duplications result from CST-guided Pol α-primase action at DNA break termini

J Schimmel, N Muñoz-Subirana, H Kool… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Small tandem duplications of DNA occur frequently in the human genome and are
implicated in the aetiology of certain human cancers. Recent studies have suggested that …

Soft tissue special issue: fibroblastic and myofibroblastic neoplasms of the head and neck

E Baranov, JL Hornick - Head and Neck Pathology, 2020 - Springer
Fibroblastic and myofibroblastic neoplasms of the head and neck encompass a group of
rare tumor types with often overlapping clinicopathologic features that range in biologic …

Recurrent RET gene fusions in paediatric spindle mesenchymal neoplasms

JL Davis, SO Vargas, ER Rudzinski… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aims The classification of paediatric spindle mesenchymal tumours is evolving, and the
spectrum of so‐called 'infantile fibrosarcoma'has expanded to include tumours with NTRK …