Cancer drug resistance: an evolving paradigm

C Holohan, S Van Schaeybroeck, DB Longley… - Nature Reviews …, 2013 - nature.com
Resistance to chemotherapy and molecularly targeted therapies is a major problem facing
current cancer research. The mechanisms of resistance to'classical'cytotoxic …

Neuroblastoma and MYCN

M Huang, WA Weiss - Cold Spring …, 2013 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Neuroblastoma, the most common extracranial solid tumor of childhood, is thought to
originate from undifferentiated neural crest cells. Amplification of the MYC family member …

The genetic landscape of high-risk neuroblastoma

TJ Pugh, O Morozova, EF Attiyeh, S Asgharzadeh… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Neuroblastoma is a malignancy of the developing sympathetic nervous system that often
presents with widespread metastatic disease, resulting in survival rates of less than 50%. To …

Neuroblastoma: developmental biology, cancer genomics and immunotherapy

NKV Cheung, MA Dyer - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2013 - nature.com
Neuroblastoma is a solid tumour that arises from the developing sympathetic nervous
system. Over the past decade, our understanding of this disease has advanced …

Mechanistic insight into ALK receptor tyrosine kinase in human cancer biology

B Hallberg, RH Palmer - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2013 - nature.com
The burgeoning field of anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) in cancer encompasses many
cancer types, from very rare cancers to the more prevalent non-small-cell lung cancer …

Activating HER2 mutations in HER2 gene amplification negative breast cancer

R Bose, SM Kavuri, AC Searleman, W Shen, D Shen… - Cancer discovery, 2013 - AACR
Data from 8 breast cancer genome-sequencing projects identified 25 patients with HER2
somatic mutations in cancers lacking HER2 gene amplification. To determine the phenotype …

Safety and activity of crizotinib for paediatric patients with refractory solid tumours or anaplastic large-cell lymphoma: a Children's Oncology Group phase 1 consortium …

YP Mossé, MS Lim, SD Voss, K Wilner, K Ruffner… - The lancet …, 2013 - thelancet.com
Background Various human cancers have ALK gene translocations, amplifications, or
oncogenic mutations, such as anaplastic large-cell lymphoma, inflammatory myofibroblastic …

Targeting MYCN in neuroblastoma by BET bromodomain inhibition

A Puissant, SM Frumm, G Alexe, CF Bassil, J Qi… - Cancer discovery, 2013 - AACR
Bromodomain inhibition comprises a promising therapeutic strategy in cancer, particularly
for hematologic malignancies. To date, however, genomic biomarkers to direct clinical …

Integrated genomic analyses identify ARID1A and ARID1B alterations in the childhood cancer neuroblastoma

M Sausen, RJ Leary, S Jones, J Wu, CP Reynolds… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Neuroblastomas are tumors of peripheral sympathetic neurons and are the most common
solid tumor in children. To determine the genetic basis for neuroblastoma, we performed …

Implementing personalized cancer genomics in clinical trials

R Simon, S Roychowdhury - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2013 - nature.com
The recent surge in high-throughput sequencing of cancer genomes has supported an
expanding molecular classification of cancer. These studies have identified putative …