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Rapid autopsies to enhance metastatic research: the UPTIDER post-mortem tissue donation program.
(NATURE PORTFOLIO, 2024-04-24)Research on metastatic cancer has been hampered by limited sample availability. Here we present the breast cancer post-mortem tissue donation program UPTIDER and show how it enabled sampling of a median of 31 (range: 5-90) ... -
Identification of genes that promote PI3K pathway activation and prostate tumour formation.
(SPRINGERNATURE, 2024-06-10)We have performed a functional in vivo mutagenesis screen to identify genes that, when altered, cooperate with a heterozygous Pten mutation to promote prostate tumour formation. Two genes, Bzw2 and Eif5a2, which have been ... -
Targeting the activated microenvironment with endosialin (CD248)-directed CAR-T cells ablates perivascular cells to impair tumor growth and metastasis.
(BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP, 2024-02-27)BACKGROUND: Targeting of solid cancers with chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cells is limited by the lack of suitable tumor-specific antigens and the immunosuppressive, desmoplastic tumor microenvironment that impedes ... -
Long-term Multimodal Recording Reveals Epigenetic Adaptation Routes in Dormant Breast Cancer Cells.
(AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH, 2024-05-01)UNLABELLED: Patients with estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer receive adjuvant endocrine therapies (ET) that delay relapse by targeting clinically undetectable micrometastatic deposits. Yet, up to 50% of patients ... -
Pathway-based signatures predict patient outcome, chemotherapy benefit and synthetic lethal dependencies in invasive lobular breast cancer.
(SPRINGERNATURE, 2024-05-27)BACKGROUND: Invasive Lobular Carcinoma (ILC) is a morphologically distinct breast cancer subtype that represents up to 15% of all breast cancers. Compared to Invasive Breast Carcinoma of No Special Type (IBC-NST), ILCs ... -
Is There a Special Role for Ovarian Hormones in the Pathogenesis of Lobular Carcinoma?
(ENDOCRINE SOC, 2024-03-29)Lobular carcinoma represent the most common special histological subtype of breast cancer, with the majority classed as hormone receptor positive. Rates of invasive lobular carcinoma in postmenopausal women have been seen ... -
A RIPK1-specific PROTAC degrader achieves potent antitumor activity by enhancing immunogenic cell death.
(Elsevier BV, 2024-05-15)Receptor-interacting serine/threonine-protein kinase 1 (RIPK1) functions as a critical stress sentinel that coordinates cell survival, inflammation, and immunogenic cell death (ICD). Although the catalytic function of RIPK1 ... -
Winners vs Losers: The glutamate-NMDAR signalling axis in the regulation of cell fitness
(Institute of Cancer Research (University Of London), 2024-05-21)Cell competition is an evolutionary conserved quality control process that eliminates suboptimal or potentially dangerous cells. For ‘unfit’ cells to be detected, their competitive status needs to be compared to the ... -
Tracking tumour evolution through adjuvant therapy in Triple Negative Breast Cancer
(Institute of Cancer Research (University Of London), 2024-05-20)Abstract Relapsed Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) carries a poor prognosis. Improved understanding of the molecular features of early disease, and the evolution of TNBC from early to relapsed disease, is likely to ... -
Circulating microRNA Analysis in a Prospective Co-clinical Trial Identifies MIR652-3p as a Response Biomarker and Driver of Regorafenib Resistance Mechanisms in Colorectal Cancer.
(AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH, 2024-05-15)PURPOSE: The multi-kinase inhibitor (mKi) regorafenib has demonstrated efficacy in chemorefractory patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). However, lack of predictive biomarkers and concerns over significant ... -
Targeting Endo180 with an antibody-drug conjugate for cancer treatment
(Institute of Cancer Research (University Of London), 2024-03-22)Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are formed of an antibody attached to a cytotoxic drug via a linker which is cleaved upon internalisation of the ADC into the cell. This allows very toxic drugs to be directed to specific ... -
International Survey on Frailty Assessment in Patients with Cancer.
(OXFORD UNIV PRESS, 2022-10-01)BACKGROUND: Frailty negatively affects the outcomes of patients with cancer, and its assessment might vary widely in the real world. The objective of this study was to explore awareness and use of frailty screening tools ... -
Oncology-Led Early Identification of Nutritional Risk: A Pragmatic, Evidence-Based Protocol (PRONTO).
(MDPI, 2023-01-06)Nutritional issues, including malnutrition, low muscle mass, sarcopenia (i.e., low muscle mass and strength), and cachexia (i.e., weight loss characterized by a continuous decline in skeletal muscle mass, with or without ... -
Geriatric Oncology as an Unmet Workforce Training Need in the United Kingdom-A Narrative Review by the British Oncology Network for Undergraduate Societies (BONUS) and the International Society of Geriatric Oncology (SIOG) UK Country Group.
(MDPI, 2023-09-28)Cancer is a disease associated with ageing. Managing cancer in older adults may prove challenging owing to pre-existing frailty, comorbidity, and wider holistic needs, as well as the unclear benefits and harms of standard ... -
Bridging The Age Gap: observational cohort study of effects of chemotherapy and trastuzumab on recurrence, survival and quality of life in older women with early breast cancer.
(SPRINGERNATURE, 2021-07-20)BACKGROUND: Chemotherapy improves outcomes for high risk early breast cancer (EBC) patients but is infrequently offered to older individuals. This study determined if there are fit older patients with high-risk disease who ... -
Prevalence of Cardiovascular Disease in Patients With Potentially Curable Malignancies: A National Registry Dataset Analysis.
(ELSEVIER, 2022-06-01)BACKGROUND: Although a common challenge for patients and clinicians, there is little population-level evidence on the prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in individuals diagnosed with potentially curable cancer. ... -
Chemotherapy and gene expression profiling in older early luminal breast cancer patients: An International Society of Geriatric Oncology systematic review.
(ELSEVIER SCI LTD, 2022-09-01)BACKGROUND: The benefit of chemotherapy for older patients with hormone receptor (HR)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative early breast cancer (EBC) is a key area of debate. Gene expression ... -
Comparison of Circulating Tumor DNA Assays for Molecular Residual Disease Detection in Early-Stage Triple-Negative Breast Cancer.
(AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH, 2024-02-16)PURPOSE: Detection of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in patients who have completed treatment for early-stage breast cancer is associated with a high risk of relapse, yet the optimal assay for ctDNA detection is unknown. ... -
Longitudinal profiling identifies co-occurring BRCA1/2 reversions, TP53BP1, RIF1 and PAXIP1 mutations in PARP inhibitor-resistant advanced breast cancer.
(ELSEVIER, 2024-01-19)BACKGROUND: Resistance to therapies that target homologous recombination deficiency (HRD) in breast cancer limits their overall effectiveness. Multiple, preclinically validated, mechanisms of resistance have been proposed, ... -
First-Line Ipatasertib, Atezolizumab, and Taxane Triplet for Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: Clinical and Biomarker Results.
(AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH, 2024-02-16)PURPOSE: To evaluate a triplet regimen combining immune checkpoint blockade, AKT pathway inhibition, and (nab-) paclitaxel as first-line therapy for locally advanced/metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (mTNBC). PATIENTS ...