Molecular profiling for precision cancer therapies

ER Malone, M Oliva, PJB Sabatini, TL Stockley… - Genome medicine, 2020 - Springer
The number of druggable tumor-specific molecular aberrations has grown substantially in
the past decade, with a significant survival benefit obtained from biomarker matching …

Medical and surgical care of patients with mesothelioma and their relatives carrying germline BAP1 mutations

M Carbone, HI Pass, G Ak, HR Alexander Jr… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2022 - Elsevier
The most common malignancies that develop in carriers of BAP1 germline mutations include
diffuse malignant mesothelioma, uveal and cutaneous melanoma, renal cell carcinoma, and …

Comprehensive genomic and epigenomic analysis in cancer of unknown primary guides molecularly-informed therapies despite heterogeneity

L Möhrmann, M Werner, M Oleś, A Mock… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The benefit of molecularly-informed therapies in cancer of unknown primary (CUP) is
unclear. Here, we use comprehensive molecular characterization by whole genome/exome …

BRIP1, RAD51C, and RAD51D mutations are associated with high susceptibility to ovarian cancer: mutation prevalence and precise risk estimates based on a …

M Suszynska, M Ratajska, P Kozlowski - Journal of ovarian research, 2020 - Springer
Background It is estimated that more than 20% of ovarian cancer cases are associated with
a genetic predisposition that is only partially explained by germline mutations in the BRCA1 …

Comprehensive cancer predisposition testing within the prospective MASTER trial identifies hereditary cancer patients and supports treatment decisions for rare …

A Jahn, A Rump, TJ Widmann, C Heining, P Horak… - Annals of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Germline variant evaluation in precision oncology opens new paths toward the
identification of patients with genetic tumor risk syndromes and the exploration of therapeutic …

Analysis and interpretation of the impact of missense variants in cancer

M Petrosino, L Novak, A Pasquo, R Chiaraluce… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Large scale genome sequencing allowed the identification of a massive number of genetic
variations, whose impact on human health is still unknown. In this review we analyze, by an …

Early-onset ovarian cancer< 30 years: what do we know about its genetic predisposition?

K Horackova, M Janatova, P Kleiblova, Z Kleibl… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Ovarian cancer (OC) is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths in women. Most
patients are diagnosed with advanced epithelial OC in their late 60s, and early-onset adult …

Whole genome sequencing in clinical practice

FO Bagger, L Borgwardt, AS Jespersen… - BMC Medical …, 2024 - Springer
Whole genome sequencing (WGS) is becoming the preferred method for molecular genetic
diagnosis of rare and unknown diseases and for identification of actionable cancer drivers …

Research progress on the role and mechanism of DNA damage repair in germ cell development

Y Wang, M Su, Y Chen, X Huang, L Ruan… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
In the complex and dynamic processes of replication, transcription, and translation of DNA
molecules, a large number of replication errors or damage can occur which lead to …

Multilocus inherited neoplasia allele syndrome (MINAS): an update

A McGuigan, J Whitworth, A Andreou, T Hearn… - European journal of …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Multi-locus Inherited Neoplasia Allele Syndrome (MINAS) refers to individuals with
germline pathogenic variants in two or more cancer susceptibility genes (CSGs). With …