Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC): Epidemiology, etiology and molecular classification

S Chidambaranathan-Reghupaty, PB Fisher… - Advances in cancer …, 2021 - Elsevier
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the primary malignancy of hepatocytes, is a diagnosis with
bleak outcome. According to National Cancer Institute's SEER database, the average five …

Advances in molecular classification and precision oncology in hepatocellular carcinoma

S Rebouissou, JC Nault - Journal of hepatology, 2020 - Elsevier
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) arises from hepatocytes through the sequential
accumulation of multiple genomic and epigenomic alterations resulting from Darwinian …

Convergent somatic mutations in metabolism genes in chronic liver disease

SWK Ng, FJ Rouhani, SF Brunner, N Brzozowska… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The progression of chronic liver disease to hepatocellular carcinoma is caused by the
acquisition of somatic mutations that affect 20–30 cancer genes,,,,,,–. Burdens of somatic …

Clonal expansion in non-cancer tissues

N Kakiuchi, S Ogawa - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2021 - nature.com
Cancer is a clonal disorder derived from a single ancestor cell and its progenies that are
positively selected by acquisition of 'driver mutations'. However, the evolution of positively …

Uncovering novel mutational signatures by de novo extraction with SigProfilerExtractor

SMA Islam, M Díaz-Gay, Y Wu, M Barnes, R Vangara… - Cell genomics, 2022 - cell.com
Mutational signature analysis is commonly performed in cancer genomic studies. Here, we
present SigProfilerExtractor, an automated tool for de novo extraction of mutational …

Whole-genome and epigenomic landscapes of etiologically distinct subtypes of cholangiocarcinoma

A Jusakul, I Cutcutache, CH Yong, JQ Lim, MN Huang… - Cancer discovery, 2017 - AACR
Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is a hepatobiliary malignancy exhibiting high incidence in
countries with endemic liver-fluke infection. We analyzed 489 CCAs from 10 countries …

The mechanisms of HBV-induced hepatocellular carcinoma

Y Jiang, Q Han, H Zhao, J Zhang - Journal of hepatocellular …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a common malignancy, and the hepatitis B virus (HBV) is
its major pathogenic factor. Over the past decades, it has been confirmed that HBV infection …

Synthetic lethal therapies for cancer: what's next after PARP inhibitors?

A Ashworth, CJ Lord - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2018 - nature.com
The genetic concept of synthetic lethality has now been validated clinically through the
demonstrated efficacy of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors for the treatment of …

Somatic mutations and clonal dynamics in healthy and cirrhotic human liver

SF Brunner, ND Roberts, LA Wylie, L Moore, SJ Aitken… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
The most common causes of chronic liver disease are excess alcohol intake, viral hepatitis
and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, with the clinical spectrum ranging in severity from …

Mechanisms of HBV-induced hepatocellular carcinoma

M Levrero, J Zucman-Rossi - Journal of hepatology, 2016 - Elsevier
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) contributes to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) development through
direct and indirect mechanisms. HBV DNA integration into the host genome occurs at early …