Molecular biomarkers for the evaluation of colorectal cancer: guideline from the American Society for Clinical Pathology, College of American Pathologists …

AR Sepulveda, SR Hamilton, CJ Allegra… - American journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Objectives: To develop evidence-based guideline recommendations through a systematic
review of the literature to establish standard molecular biomarker testing of colorectal cancer …

[HTML][HTML] Hypermutated tumours in the era of immunotherapy: the paradigm of personalised medicine

L Nebot-Bral, D Brandao, L Verlingue… - European journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Immune checkpoint inhibitors have demonstrated unprecedented clinical activity in a wide
range of cancers. Significant therapeutic responses have recently been observed in patients …

The current value of determining the mismatch repair status of colorectal cancer: a rationale for routine testing

E Ryan, K Sheahan, B Creavin, HM Mohan… - Critical reviews in …, 2017 - Elsevier
Colorectal Cancer (CRC) is the third most prevalent cancer in men and women. Up to 15%
of CRCs display microsatellite instability (MSI). MSI is reflective of a deficient mismatch …

[PDF][PDF] Molecular testing for Lynch syndrome in people with colorectal cancer: systematic reviews and economic evaluation

T Snowsill, H Coelho, N Huxley, T Jones-Hughes… - 2017 - ore.exeter.ac.uk
BACKGROUND: Inherited mutations in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) mismatch repair (MMR)
genes lead to an increased risk of colorectal cancer (CRC), gynaecological cancers and …

Immunotherapy and patients treated for cancer with microsatellite instability

R Colle, R Cohen, D Cochereau, A Duval, O Lascols… - Bulletin du cancer, 2017 - Elsevier
Microsatellite instability (MSI) is a tumor phenotype linked to somatic or germline (Lynch
syndrome) inactivating alterations of DNA mismatch repair genes. A broad spectrum of …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical and molecular characterisation of hereditary and sporadic metastatic colorectal cancers harbouring microsatellite instability/DNA mismatch repair …

R Cohen, O Buhard, P Cervera, E Hain… - European Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Patients treated with chemotherapy for microsatellite unstable (MSI) and/or
mismatch repair deficient (dMMR) cancer metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) exhibit poor …

Successful immune checkpoint blockade in a patient with advanced stage microsatellite-unstable biliary tract cancer

E Czink, M Kloor, B Goeppert… - Molecular …, 2017 - molecularcasestudies.cshlp.org
Cancers acquire multiple somatic mutations that can lead to the generation of immunogenic
mutation-induced neoantigens. These neoantigens can be recognized by the host's immune …

A tailored approach to BRAF and MLH1 methylation testing in a universal screening program for Lynch syndrome

T Adar, LH Rodgers, KM Shannon, M Yoshida, T Ma… - Modern …, 2017 - nature.com
To determine the correlation between BRAF genotype and MLH1 promoter methylation in a
screening program for Lynch syndrome (LS), a universal screening program for LS was …

[HTML][HTML] Current companion diagnostics in advanced colorectal cancer; getting a bigger and better piece of the pie

JM Loree, S Kopetz, KPS Raghav - Journal of Gastrointestinal …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
While the treatment of colorectal cancer continues to rely heavily on conventional cytotoxic
therapy, an increasing number of targeted agents are under development. Many of these …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical relevance of molecular diagnostics in gastrointestinal (GI) cancer: European Society of Digestive Oncology (ESDO) expert discussion and …

A Baraniskin, JL Van Laethem, L Wyrwicz… - European journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background and scope In the epoch of precision medicine and personalised oncology,
which aims to deliver the right treatment to the right patient, molecular genetic biomarkers …