[HTML][HTML] Cancer biomarker discovery and validation

N Goossens, S Nakagawa, X Sun… - Translational cancer …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
With the emergence of genomic profiling technologies and selective molecular targeted
therapies, biomarkers play an increasingly important role in the clinical management of …

Precision medicine for cancer with next-generation functional diagnostics

AA Friedman, A Letai, DE Fisher, KT Flaherty - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2015 - nature.com
Precision medicine is about matching the right drugs to the right patients. Although this
approach is technology agnostic, in cancer there is a tendency to make precision medicine …

Vemurafenib in Multiple Nonmelanoma Cancers with BRAF V600 Mutations

DM Hyman, I Puzanov, V Subbiah… - … England Journal of …, 2015 - Mass Medical Soc
Background BRAF V600 mutations occur in various nonmelanoma cancers. We undertook a
histology-independent phase 2 “basket” study of vemurafenib in BRAF V600 mutation …

[HTML][HTML] Memorial Sloan Kettering-Integrated Mutation Profiling of Actionable Cancer Targets (MSK-IMPACT): a hybridization capture-based next-generation …

DT Cheng, TN Mitchell, A Zehir, RH Shah… - The Journal of molecular …, 2015 - Elsevier
The identification of specific genetic alterations as key oncogenic drivers and the
development of targeted therapies are together transforming clinical oncology and creating …

Analytical and clinical validation of a digital sequencing panel for quantitative, highly accurate evaluation of cell-free circulating tumor DNA

RB Lanman, SA Mortimer, OA Zill, D Sebisanovic… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Next-generation sequencing of cell-free circulating solid tumor DNA addresses two
challenges in contemporary cancer care. First this method of massively parallel and deep …

Response to MET Inhibitors in Patients with Stage IV Lung Adenocarcinomas Harboring MET Mutations Causing Exon 14 Skipping

PK Paik, A Drilon, PD Fan, H Yu, N Rekhtman… - Cancer discovery, 2015 - AACR
Mutations in the MET exon 14 RNA splice acceptor and donor sites, which lead to exon
skipping, deletion of the juxtamembrane domain containing the CBL E3-ubiquitin ligase …

Genomic alterations in lung adenocarcinoma

S Devarakonda, D Morgensztern, R Govindan - The lancet oncology, 2015 - thelancet.com
Treatment for non-small-cell lung cancer is evolving from the use of cytotoxic chemotherapy
to personalised treatment based on molecular alterations. This past decade has witnessed …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-institutional oncogenic driver mutation analysis in lung adenocarcinoma: the lung cancer mutation consortium experience

LM Sholl, DL Aisner, M Varella-Garcia, LD Berry… - Journal of thoracic …, 2015 - Elsevier
Introduction Molecular genetic analyses of lung adenocarcinoma have recently become
standard of care for treatment selection. The Lung Cancer Mutation Consortium was formed …

Feasibility of large-scale genomic testing to facilitate enrollment onto genomically matched clinical trials

F Meric-Bernstam, L Brusco, K Shaw… - Journal of clinical …, 2015 - ascopubs.org
Purpose We report the experience with 2,000 consecutive patients with advanced cancer
who underwent testing on a genomic testing protocol, including the frequency of actionable …

Non–small cell lung cancer, version 6.2015

DS Ettinger, DE Wood, W Akerley… - Journal of the National …, 2015 - jnccn.org
These NCCN Guidelines Insights focus on recent updates to the 2015 NCCN Guidelines for
Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC). Appropriate targeted therapy is very effective in …