Clinical outcome of leiomyosarcomas with somatic alteration in homologous recombination pathway genes

E Rosenbaum, P Jonsson, K Seier, LX Qin… - JCO precision …, 2020 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE To detect alterations in DNA damage repair (DDR) genes, measure homologous
recombination deficiency (HRD), and correlate these findings with clinical outcome in …

[HTML][HTML] Drivers of genomic loss of heterozygosity in leiomyosarcoma are distinct from carcinomas

ND Seligson, J Tang, DX Jin, MP Bennett… - NPJ Precision …, 2022 - nature.com
Leiomyosarcoma (LMS) is a rare, aggressive, mesenchymal tumor. Subsets of LMS have
been identified to harbor genomic alterations associated with homologous recombination …

BRCA1/2 Functional Loss Defines a Targetable Subset in Leiomyosarcoma

ND Seligson, EA Kautto, EN Passen, C Stets… - The …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background Soft‐tissue sarcomas (STS) describe a heterogeneous group of mesenchymal
tumors with limited treatment options. Targeted therapies exist for BRCA1/2 gene alterations …

Spectrum of mutations in leiomyosarcomas identified by clinical targeted next-generation sequencing

PJ Lee, NS Yoo, IS Hagemann, JD Pfeifer… - Experimental and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Recurrent genomic mutations in uterine and non-uterine leiomyosarcomas have not been
well established. Using a next generation sequencing (NGS) panel of common cancer …

Genomic evolutionary patterns of leiomyosarcoma and liposarcoma

A Amin-Mansour, S George, S Sioletic, SL Carter… - Clinical Cancer …, 2019 - AACR
Purpose: Leiomyosarcoma and liposarcoma are common subtypes of soft tissue sarcoma
(STS). Patients with metastatic leiomyosarcoma or dedifferentiated liposarcoma (DDLPS) …

Targeted exome sequencing profiles genetic alterations in leiomyosarcoma

NP Agaram, L Zhang, F LeLoarer, T Silk… - Genes …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Leiomyosarcoma (LMS) belongs to the class of genetically complex sarcomas and shows
numerous, often non‐recurrent chromosomal imbalances and aberrations. We investigated …

Loss of the DNA Repair Gene RNase H2 Identifies a Unique Subset of DDR-Deficient Leiomyosarcomas

MS Nakazawa, IM Silverman, V Rimkunas… - Molecular Cancer …, 2024 - AACR
Targeting the DNA damage response (DDR) pathway is an emerging therapeutic approach
for leiomyosarcoma (LMS), and loss of RNase H2, a DDR pathway member, is a potentially …

Clinically relevant molecular subtypes in leiomyosarcoma

X Guo, VY Jo, AM Mills, SX Zhu, CH Lee, I Espinosa… - Clinical cancer …, 2015 - AACR
Purpose: Leiomyosarcoma is a malignant neoplasm with smooth muscle differentiation.
Little is known about its molecular heterogeneity and no targeted therapy currently exists for …

[HTML][HTML] Gene expression profiling identifies distinct molecular subgroups of leiomyosarcoma with clinical relevance

YF Lee, T Roe, DC Mangham, C Fisher… - British Journal of …, 2016 - nature.com
Background: Soft tissue sarcomas are heterogeneous and a major complication in their
management is that the existing classification scheme is not definitive and is still evolving …

Survival of patients with metastatic leiomyosarcoma: the MD Anderson Clinical Center for targeted therapy experience

Z Wang, N Shi, A Naing, F Janku, V Subbiah… - Cancer …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Advanced stage leiomyosarcoma (LMS) is incurable with current systemic antitumor
therapies. Therefore, there is clinical interest in exploring novel therapeutic regimens to treat …