An apparent quandary: adoption of polygenics and gene panels for personalised breast cancer risk stratification

JS Lanchbury, HJ Pederson - BJC Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Over the past 30 years, genetic and epidemiological advances have revolutionised the
prediction of breast cancer risk in women with significant family history. By screening these …

[HTML][HTML] Revisiting HER2 in Prostate Cancer from an Inclusive Perspective: From Biomarkers to Omics

N Mavingire, JC Moore, JR Johnson, AM Dwead… - Cancers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary HER2 is a well-known driver of worse outcomes for many types of cancer,
including prostate cancer. While HER2 has been previously evaluated in prostate cancer …

Imputation of race and ethnicity categories using genetic ancestry from real-world genomic testing data

B Rhead, PE Haffener, Y Pouliot… - PACIFIC SYMPOSIUM …, 2023 - World Scientific
The incompleteness of race and ethnicity information in real-world data (RWD) hampers its
utility in promoting healthcare equity. This study introduces two methods—one heuristic and …

Validation of the RSClin risk calculator in the National Cancer Data Base

AGL Vannier, A Dhungana, F Zhao, N Chen… - Cancer, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Guidelines recommend the use of genomic assays such as OncotypeDx to aid
in decisions regarding the use of chemotherapy for hormone receptor–positive, HER2 …

West African Genetic Ancestry and Breast Cancer Outcomes Among Black Women

S Reid, R Fan, L Venton, A Weidner, A Tezak… - JAMA Network …, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Young Black women bear a disproportionate burden of breast cancer deaths
compared with White women, yet they remain underrepresented in genomic studies …

Association of genetic ancestry with molecular tumor profiles in colorectal cancer

B Rhead, DM Hein, Y Pouliot, J Guinney… - Genome Medicine, 2024 - Springer
Background There are known disparities in incidence and outcomes of colorectal cancer
(CRC) by race and ethnicity. Some of these disparities may be mediated by molecular …

The association between the amino acid transporter LAT1, tumor immunometabolic and proliferative features and menopausal status in breast cancer

G Ramshankar, R Liu, RJ Perry - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
L-type Amino Acid Transporter 1 (LAT1) facilitates the uptake of specific essential amino
acids, and due to this quality, it has been correlated to worse patient outcomes in various …

A consensus-based classification workflow to determine genetically inferred ancestry from comprehensive genomic profiling of patients with solid tumors

ZD Wallen, MK Nesline, S Pabla, S Gao… - Briefings in …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Disparities in cancer diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes based on self-identified race and
ethnicity (SIRE) are well documented, yet these variables have historically been excluded …

Incorporating Real-World Clinico-Genomic Insights to Inform Diversity Enrollment Targets in Oncology Trials

FM De La Vega, Y Pouliot, B Rhead - medRxiv, 2024 - medrxiv.org
The passage of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Omnibus Reform Act of 2022
underscores a national commitment to enhancing diversity in clinical trials. This commitment …

Disparities in Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer

ER Ogayo, EA Mittendorf, O Kantor - Current Breast Cancer Reports, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review While the incidence of hormone receptor-positive, HER2-
negative (HR+ HER2-) breast cancer is lower for Black women compared to White women …