Heterogeneity in colorectal cancer: a challenge for personalized medicine?

C Molinari, G Marisi, A Passardi, L Matteucci… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
High inter-patient variability and high spatial heterogeneity are features of colorectal cancer
(CRC). This may influence the molecular characterization of tumor tissue, now mandatory for …

The emerging links between chromosomal instability (CIN), metastasis, inflammation and tumour immunity

AE Tijhuis, SC Johnson, SE McClelland - Molecular cytogenetics, 2019 - Springer
Many cancers possess an incorrect number of chromosomes, a state described as
aneuploidy. Aneuploidy is often caused by Chromosomal Instability (CIN), a process of …

[HTML][HTML] Pan-Asian adapted ESMO consensus guidelines for the management of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer: a JSMO–ESMO initiative endorsed by …

T Yoshino, D Arnold, H Taniguchi, G Pentheroudakis… - Annals of …, 2018 - Elsevier
The most recent version of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) consensus
guidelines for the treatment of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) was …

Quantitative evidence for early metastatic seeding in colorectal cancer

Z Hu, J Ding, Z Ma, R Sun, JA Seoane, J Scott Shaffer… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Both the timing and molecular determinants of metastasis are unknown, hindering treatment
and prevention efforts. Here we characterize the evolutionary dynamics of this lethal process …

Whole genome sequencing puts forward hypotheses on metastasis evolution and therapy in colorectal cancer

N Ishaque, ML Abba, C Hauser, N Patil… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Incomplete understanding of the metastatic process hinders personalized therapy. Here we
report the most comprehensive whole-genome study of colorectal metastases vs. matched …

Chromosomal instability in tumor initiation and development

DH Bach, W Zhang, AK Sood - Cancer research, 2019 - AACR
Chromosomal instability (CIN) is one of the major forms of genomic instability in various
human cancers and is recognized as a common hallmark of tumorigenesis and …

Biomarker concordance between primary colorectal cancer and its metastases

DS Bhullar, J Barriuso, S Mullamitha, MP Saunders… - …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background The use of biomarkers to target anti-EGFR treatments for metastatic colorectal
cancer (CRC) is well-established, requiring molecular analysis of primary or metastatic …

Single-cell DNA sequencing reveals a late-dissemination model in metastatic colorectal cancer

ML Leung, A Davis, R Gao, A Casasent… - Genome …, 2017 - genome.cshlp.org
Metastasis is a complex biological process that has been difficult to delineate in human
colorectal cancer (CRC) patients. A major obstacle in understanding metastatic lineages is …

Genetic heterogeneity and evolutionary history of high-grade ovarian carcinoma and matched distant metastases

T Masoodi, S Siraj, AK Siraj, S Azam, Z Qadri… - British journal of …, 2020 - nature.com
Background High-grade serous ovarian carcinoma (HGSOC) is the most frequent type of
ovarian carcinoma, associated with poor clinical outcome and metastatic disease. Although …

Individualised multiplexed circulating tumour DNA assays for monitoring of tumour presence in patients after colorectal cancer surgery

SB Ng, C Chua, M Ng, A Gan, PSY Poon, M Teo… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) has the potential to be a specific biomarker for the
monitoring of tumours in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC). Here, our aim was to …