Clinical insights into small cell lung cancer: Tumor heterogeneity, diagnosis, therapy, and future directions

Z Megyesfalvi, CM Gay, H Popper… - CA: a cancer journal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is characterized by rapid growth and high metastatic capacity.
It has strong epidemiologic and biologic links to tobacco carcinogens. Although the majority …

[HTML][HTML] The 2021 WHO classification of lung tumors: impact of advances since 2015

AG Nicholson, MS Tsao, MB Beasley… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The 2021 WHO Classification of Thoracic Tumours was published earlier this year,
with classification of lung tumors being one of the chapters. The principles remain those of …

[HTML][HTML] SCLC subtypes defined by ASCL1, NEUROD1, POU2F3, and YAP1: a comprehensive immunohistochemical and histopathologic characterization

MK Baine, MS Hsieh, WV Lai, JV Egger… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2020 - Elsevier
Introduction Recent studies have identified subtypes of small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC)
defined by the RNA expression of ASCL1, NEUROD1, POU2F3, and YAP1 transcriptional …

cfDNA methylome profiling for detection and subtyping of small cell lung cancers

F Chemi, SP Pearce, A Clipson, SM Hill, AM Conway… - Nature cancer, 2022 - nature.com
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is characterized by morphologic, epigenetic and
transcriptomic heterogeneity. Subtypes based upon predominant transcription factor …

[HTML][HTML] MYC drives temporal evolution of small cell lung cancer subtypes by reprogramming neuroendocrine fate

AS Ireland, AM Micinski, DW Kastner, B Guo, SJ Wait… - Cancer cell, 2020 - cell.com
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a neuroendocrine tumor treated clinically as a single
disease with poor outcomes. Distinct SCLC molecular subtypes have been defined based …

Extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer: first-line and second-line treatment options

J Zugazagoitia, L Paz-Ares - Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2022 - ascopubs.org
Extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer is a therapeutically challenging disease. After more
than two decades without clinical progress, the addition of programmed cell death protein 1 …

Comprehensive genomic profiling of neuroendocrine carcinomas of the gastrointestinal system

S Yachida, Y Totoki, M Noë, Y Nakatani, M Horie… - Cancer discovery, 2022 - AACR
The neuroendocrine carcinoma of the gastrointestinal system (GIS-NEC) is a rare but highly
malignant neoplasm. We analyzed 115 cases using whole-genome/exome sequencing …

Notch signaling and efficacy of PD-1/PD-L1 blockade in relapsed small cell lung cancer

N Roper, MJ Velez, A Chiappori, YS Kim, JS Wei… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) benefits only a small subset of patients with small cell
lung cancer (SCLC), yet the mechanisms driving benefit are poorly understood. To identify …

Druggable growth dependencies and tumor evolution analysis in patient-derived organoids of neuroendocrine neoplasms from multiple body sites

TL Dayton, N Alcala, L Moonen, L den Hartigh… - Cancer Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs) comprise well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors
(NETs) and poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinomas (NECs). Treatment options for …

Proteogenomic characterization of small cell lung cancer identifies biological insights and subtype-specific therapeutic strategies

Q Liu, J Zhang, C Guo, M Wang, C Wang, Y Yan, L Sun… - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
We performed comprehensive proteogenomic characterization of small cell lung cancer
(SCLC) using paired tumors and adjacent lung tissues from 112 treatment-naive patients …