Molecular profiling in daily clinical practice: practicalities in advanced cholangiocarcinoma and other biliary tract cancers

A Lamarca, Z Kapacee, M Breeze, C Bell… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Background: Molecular profiling is becoming increasingly relevant in the management of
patients with advanced cancer; to identify targetable aberrations and prognostic markers to …

[HTML][HTML] Therapeutic relevance of targeted sequencing in management of patients with advanced biliary tract cancer: DNA damage repair gene mutations as a …

H Chae, D Kim, C Yoo, K Kim, JH Jeong… - European Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose In biliary tract cancer (BTC), standard chemotherapy has limited benefit and no
molecular targeted agents have been approved. This study investigated the genetic profile …

ESMO scale for clinical actionability of molecular targets driving targeted treatment in patients with cholangiocarcinoma

H Verdaguer, T Saurí, DA Acosta, M Guardiola… - Clinical Cancer …, 2022 - AACR
Purpose: Treatment options for advanced cholangiocarcinoma are limited and prognosis is
poor. Cholangiocarcinomas are highly heterogeneous at the molecular level, with divergent …

Comprehensive genomic landscape and precision therapeutic approach in biliary tract cancers

R Okamura, R Kurzrock, RJ Mallory… - … journal of cancer, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Biliary tract cancers have dismal prognoses even when cytotoxic chemotherapy is
administered. There is an unmet need to develop precision treatment approaches using …

Genomic profiling of biliary tract cancers and implications for clinical practice

A Jain, LN Kwong, M Javle - Current treatment options in oncology, 2016 - Springer
Opinion statement Biliary tract cancers are relatively uncommon, have an aggressive
disease course and a dismal clinical outcome. Until recently, there have been very few …

Precision oncology for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma in clinical practice

A Tomczak, C Springfeld, MT Dill, DH Chang… - British Journal of …, 2022 - nature.com
Background Advanced cholangiocarcinoma has a poor prognosis. Molecular targeted
approaches have been proposed for patients after progression under first-line …

[HTML][HTML] Practical considerations in screening for genetic alterations in cholangiocarcinoma

TS Bekaii-Saab, J Bridgewater, N Normanno - Annals of Oncology, 2021 - Elsevier
Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) encompasses diverse epithelial tumors historically associated
with poor outcomes due to an aggressive disease course, late diagnosis, and limited benefit …

[HTML][HTML] Role of molecular genetics in the clinical management of cholangiocarcinoma

N Normanno, E Martinelli, D Melisi, C Pinto, L Rimassa… - ESMO open, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•CCAs may harbor a range of genetic alterations, some of which are actionable
targets.•It is now recommented to treat patients with IDH1 and FGFR2 alterations with …

Comprehensive molecular profiling of intrahepatic and extrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas: potential targets for intervention

MA Lowery, R Ptashkin, E Jordan, MF Berger… - Clinical Cancer …, 2018 - AACR
Purpose: Various genetic driver aberrations have been identified among distinct anatomic
and clinical subtypes of intrahepatic and extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, and these …

The clinical landscape of cell-free DNA alterations in 1671 patients with advanced biliary tract cancer

JE Berchuck, F Facchinetti, DF DiToro, I Baiev… - Annals of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Targeted therapies have transformed clinical management of advanced biliary
tract cancer (BTC). Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) analysis is an attractive approach for cancer …