Artificial intelligence-based radiomics in bone tumors: Technical advances and clinical application

Y Meng, Y Yang, M Hu, Z Zhang, X Zhou - Seminars in Cancer Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Radiomics is the extraction of predefined mathematic features from medical images for
predicting variables of clinical interest. Recent research has demonstrated that radiomics …

PROTAC-Based Protein Degradation as a Promising Strategy for Targeted Therapy in Sarcomas

C Mancarella, A Morrione, K Scotlandi - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Sarcomas are heterogeneous bone and soft tissue cancers representing the second most
common tumor type in children and adolescents. Histology and genetic profiling discovered …

Spontaneous expression of the CIC:: DUX4 fusion oncoprotein from a conditional allele potently drives sarcoma formation in genetically engineered mice

PG Hendrickson, KM Oristian, MKR Browne, L Luo… - Oncogene, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract CIC:: DUX4 sarcoma (CDS) is a rare but highly aggressive undifferentiated small
round cell sarcoma driven by a fusion between the tumor suppressor Capicua (CIC) and …

Developmental origins shape the paediatric cancer genome

X Chen, W Yang, CWM Roberts, J Zhang - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2024 - nature.com
In the past two decades, technological advances have brought unprecedented insights into
the paediatric cancer genome revealing characteristics distinct from those of adult cancer …

Cancer-associated fibroblast-like tumor cells remodel the Ewing sarcoma tumor microenvironment

ED Wrenn, AA Apfelbaum, ER Rudzinski, X Deng… - Clinical Cancer …, 2023 - AACR
Purpose: Despite limited genetic and histologic heterogeneity, Ewing sarcoma (EwS) tumor
cells are transcriptionally heterogeneous and display varying degrees of mesenchymal …

ETS1, a Target Gene of the EWSR1::FLI1 Fusion Oncoprotein, Regulates the Expression of the Focal Adhesion Protein TENSIN3

VJ Ebegboni, TL Jones, T Brownmiller, PX Zhao… - Molecular Cancer …, 2024 - AACR
The mechanistic basis for the metastasis of Ewing sarcomas remains poorly understood, as
these tumors harbor few mutations beyond the chromosomal translocation that initiates the …

Targeted Therapy for EWS-FLI1 in Ewing Sarcoma

H Gong, B Xue, J Ru, G Pei, Y Li - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Ewing sarcoma (EwS) is a highly aggressive and metastatic cancer in
children and adolescents. Canonical therapy mainly comprises the combination of intensive …

The spectrum and significance of secondary (co‐occurring) genetic alterations in sarcomas: the hallmarks of sarcomagenesis

JK Dermawan, BP Rubin - The Journal of Pathology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Bone and soft tissue tumors are generally classified into complex karyotype sarcomas
versus those with recurrent genetic alterations, often in the form of gene fusions. In this …

A humanized orthotopic mouse model for preclinical evaluation of immunotherapy in Ewing sarcoma

W Luo, H Hoang, Y Liao, J Pan, J Ayello… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The advent of novel cancer immunotherapy approaches is revolutionizing the treatment for
cancer. Current small animal models for most cancers are syngeneic or genetically …

Epigenetic determinants of fusion-driven sarcomas: paradigms and challenges

BZ Stanton, S Pomella - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
We describe exciting recent advances in fusion-driven sarcoma etiology, from an
epigenetics perspective. By exploring the current state of the field, we identify and describe …