Limitations and opportunities of technologies for the analysis of cell-free DNA in cancer diagnostics

P Song, LR Wu, YH Yan, JX Zhang, T Chu… - Nature biomedical …, 2022 - nature.com
Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in the circulating blood plasma of patients with cancer contains
tumour-derived DNA sequences that can serve as biomarkers for guiding therapy, for the …

Beyond immune checkpoint blockade: emerging immunological strategies

SP Kubli, T Berger, DV Araujo, LL Siu… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2021 - nature.com
The success of checkpoint inhibitors has accelerated the clinical implementation of a vast
mosaic of single agents and combination immunotherapies. However, the lack of clinical …

Epidrugs: targeting epigenetic marks in cancer treatment

CL Miranda Furtado, MC Dos Santos Luciano… - Epigenetics, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Growing evidence suggests that aberrant epigenetic regulation of gene function is strongly
related to the genesis of cancer. Unlike genetic mutations, the ability to reprogram the …

[PDF][PDF] Cancer immunotherapy: a brief review of the history, possibilities, and challenges ahead

SJ Oiseth, MS Aziz - J Cancer Metastasis Treat, 2017 - academia.edu
Cancer immunotherapy (CI) is rapidly advancing and can now be considered to be the “fifth
pillar” of cancer therapy, joining the ranks of surgery, cytotoxic chemotherapy, radiation, and …

Multifunctional gold nanoparticles in cancer diagnosis and treatment

Y Yang, X Zheng, L Chen, X Gong, H Yang… - International journal …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the world, behind only cardiovascular
diseases, and is one of the most serious diseases threatening human health nowadays …

New insights into the role of EMT in tumor immune escape

S Terry, P Savagner, S Ortiz‐Cuaran… - Molecular …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Novel immunotherapy approaches have provided durable remission in a significant number
of cancer patients with cancers previously considered rapidly lethal. Nonetheless, the high …

Defining undertreatment and overtreatment in older adults with cancer: a scoping literature review

C DuMontier, KP Loh, PA Bain, RA Silliman… - Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE The terms undertreatment and overtreatment are often used to describe
inappropriate management of older adults with cancer. We conducted a comprehensive …

[HTML][HTML] Relationships between financial toxicity and symptom burden in cancer survivors: a systematic review

RJ Chan, LG Gordon, CJ Tan, A Chan… - Journal of pain and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Context Financial toxicity (FT) is used to describe the financial distress/hardship associated
with cancer and its treatment. Objectives The aim of this review was to explore the …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular biomarkers of disease outcomes and mechanisms of acquired resistance to first-line osimertinib in advanced EGFR-mutant lung cancers

NJ Choudhury, A Marra, JSY Sui, J Flynn… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction Preferred first-line treatment for patients with metastatic EGFR-mutant lung
cancer is osimertinib, yet it is not known whether patient outcomes may be improved by …

Smart targeting to improve cancer therapeutics

M Morales-Cruz, Y Delgado, B Castillo… - Drug design …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Cancer is the second largest cause of death worldwide with the number of new cancer
cases predicted to grow significantly in the next decades. Biotechnology and medicine can …