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Dana-Farber Research Publication 09.01.2023

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September 1, 2023

This twice-monthly newsletter highlights the research endeavors at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, noting recently published papers available from PubMed where Dana-Farber faculty are listed as first or senior authors. If you are a Dana-Farber faculty member and you think your paper is missing from Research News, please let us know at: Michael_buller@dfci.harvard.edu.

Blood

Genetic Events Associated with Venetoclax Resistance in CLL Identified by Whole-Exome Sequencing of Patient Samples

Khalsa JK, Cha J, Naeem A, Murali I, Kuang Y, Vasquez K, Li L, Tyekucheva S, Fernandes SM, Sasi BK, Wang Z, Machado JH, Bai H, Alasfour M, Danysh BP, Slowik K, Jacobs RA, Davids MS, Paweletz CP, Leshchiner I, Getz G, Brown JR

Although BCL2 mutations are reported as later occurring events leading to venetoclax resistance, many other mechanisms of progression have been reported though remain poorly understood. Here, we analyze longitudinal tumor samples from 11 patients with disease progression while receiving venetoclax to characterize the clonal evolution of resistance. All patients tested showed increased in vitro resistance to venetoclax at the posttreatment time point. We found the previously described acquired BCL2-G101V mutation in only 4 of 11 patients, with 2 patients showing a very low variant allele fraction (0.03%-4.68%). Whole-exome sequencing revealed acquired loss(8p) in 4 of 11 patients, of which 2 patients also had gain (1q21.2-21.3) in the same cells affecting the MCL1 gene. In vitro experiments showed that CLL cells from the 4 patients with loss(8p) were more resistant to venetoclax than cells from those without it, with the cells from 2 patients also carrying gain (1q21.2-21.3) showing increased sensitivity to MCL1 inhibition. Progression samples with gain (1q21.2-21.3) were more susceptible to the combination of MCL1 inhibitor and venetoclax. Differential gene expression analysis comparing bulk RNA sequencing data from pretreatment and progression time points of all patients showed upregulation of proliferation, B-cell receptor (BCR), and NF-?B gene sets including MAPK genes. Cells from progression time points  


 

Gastroenterology

Elevated APE1 Dysregulates Homologous Recombination and Cell Cycle Driving Genomic Evolution, Tumorigenesis, and Chemoresistance in Esophageal Adenocarcinoma

Kumar S, Zhao J, Talluri S, Buon L, Mu S, Potluri LB, Liao C, Shi J, Chakraborty C, Gonzalez GB, Tai YT, Patel J, Pal J, Mashimo H, Samur MK, Munshi NC, Shammas MA

BACKGROUND & AIMS: The purpose of this study was to identify drivers of genomic evolution in esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) and other solid tumors.

METHODS: An integrated genomics strategy was used to identify deoxyribonucleases correlating with genomic instability (as assessed from total copy number events in each patient) in 6 cancers. Apurinic/apyrimidinic nuclease 1 (APE1), identified as the top gene in functional screens, was either suppressed in cancer cell lines or overexpressed in normal esophageal cells and the impact on genome stability and growth was monitored in vitro and in vivo. The impact on DNA and chromosomal instability was monitored using multiple approaches, including investigation of micronuclei, acquisition of single nucleotide polymorphisms, whole genome sequencing, and/or multicolor fluorescence in situ hybridization.

RESULTS: Expression of 4 deoxyribonucleases correlated with genomic instability in 6 human cancers. Functional screens of these genes identified APE1 as the top candidate for further evaluation. APE1 suppression in EAC, breast, lung, and prostate cancer cell lines caused cell cycle arrest; impaired growth and increased cytotoxicity of cisplatin in all cell lines and types and in a mouse model of EAC; and inhibition of homologous recombination and spontaneous and chemotherapy-induced genomic instability. APE1 overexpression in normal cells caused a massive chromosomal instability, leading to their oncogenic transformation. Evaluation of these cells by means of whole genome sequencing demonstrated the acquisition of changes throughout the genome and identified homologous recombination as the top mutational process.

CONCLUSIONS: Elevated APE1 dysregulates homologous recombination and cell cycle, contributing to genomic instability, tumorigenesis, and chemoresistance, and its inhibitors have the potential to target these processes in EAC and possibly other cancers.


 

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Germline EGFR Mutations and Familial Lung Cancer

Oxnard GR, Chen R, Pharr JC, Koeller DR, Bertram AA, Dahlberg SE, Rainville I, Sholl LM, Jänne PA, Garber JE

BACKGROUND: The genomic underpinnings of inherited lung cancer risk are poorly understood. This prospective study characterized the clinical phenotype of patients and families with germline EGFR pathogenic variants (PVs).

METHODS: The INHERIT study (NCT01754025) enrolled lung cancer patients whose tumor profiling harbored possible germline EGFR PVs and their relatives, either in-person or remotely, providing germline testing and follow-up.

RESULTS: 141 participants were enrolled over a 5-year period, 100 (71%) remotely. Based upon prior genotyping, 116 participants from 59 kindreds were tested for EGFR T790M, consistent with a pattern of Mendelian inheritance with variable lung cancer penetrance. In confirmed or obligate carriers of a germline EGFR PV from 39 different kindreds, 50/91 (55%) were affected with lung cancer with 34/65 (52%) diagnosed by age 60. Somatic testing of lung cancers in carriers revealed that 35 of 37 (95%) had an EGFR driver co-mutation. Among 36 germline carriers without a cancer diagnosis, 15 had CT imaging and 9 had lung nodules, including a 28-year-old with >10 lung nodules. Given geographic enrichment of germline EGFR T790M in the Southeast United States, genome-wide haplotyping of 46 germline carriers was performed and identified a 4.1 Mb haplotype shared by 41 (89%), estimated to originate 223-279 years ago.

CONCLUSIONS: In this first prospective description of familial EGFR-mutant lung cancer, we identify a recent founder germline EGFR T790M variant enriched in the US Southeast. The high prevalence of EGFR-driver lung adenocarcinomas and lung nodules in germline carriers supports effort to identify affected patients and family members for investigation of CT-based screening for these high-risk individuals.


 

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Reply to Z. Mai et al

D'Amico AV

We thank Mai et al for giving us the opportunity to provide clarification on our recently published article. We agree that the preradical prostatectomy prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level (>20, 10-20, v 4-10 ng/mL [reference]), prostatectomy Gleason score (8-10, 7 v 6 [reference]), tumor category (T3b/4, T3a v T2 [reference]), and margin status (positive v negative [reference]) are all important predictors of both prostate cancer-specific and all-cause mortalities (PCSM, ACM). We mention in the statistical methods section that the model was adjusted for known prostate cancer prognostic factors, which included these factors. These adjustments were made to account for any differences that may exist between treatment groups as noted in Table 1 (Distribution of patient characteristics stratified by treatment). We did perform the same analyses evaluating for the end point of PCSM as mentioned in the results section. We found a very similar adjusted hazard ratio for PCSM as we did for ACM when comparing treatment initiating salvage radiation therapy at a PSA level of >0.25 ng/mL with 0.25 ng/mL or less. Specifically, these respective adjusted hazard ratios and 95% CIs were 1.43 (95% CI, 0.80 to 2.55) and 1.49 (95% CI, 1.11 to 2.00), but given a smaller number of prostate cancer as compared with all-cause deaths being 109 versus 1,269, respectively, the 95% CI for the adjusted hazard ratio for PCSM included 1.0. However, ACM is the most robust end point given that it is not subject to the potential for misclassification or ascertainment bias, which can exist when specifying a specific cause of death. 


 

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Reply to Z.R. McCaw et al

Matulonis UA

We thank McCaw et al for their thoughtful comments and interest in our study. We acknowledge that constructing a concurrent response curve over time to calculate a mean duration of response (DOR) can be one way to represent efficacy in an intent-to-treat population. Time-to-event analyses such as event-free survival and progression-free survival (PFS) are others that account for time on therapy for both responders and nonresponders. In the context of the single-arm SORAYA trial which tested the antibody-drug conjugate mirvetuximab soravtansine in patients with folate receptor alpha–positive platinum-resistant recurrent ovarian cancer, the efficacy and safety profile of mirvetuximab soravtansine in this population led the US Food and Drug Administrative (FDA) to grant this agent accelerated approval on November 14, 2022, with regular approval pending review of the confirmatory MIRASOL trial (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT04209855). The regulatory granting of an accelerated approval by the FDA is dependent on several factors which have been updated in agency documents. In a single-arm study, efficacy is defined by confirmed objective response rate and DOR. The DOR is defined as the time from initial complete or partial response until progressive disease or death, as assessed by the investigator (or blinded independent review) per RECIST v1.1. Time to response is not considered in this metric. The Kaplan-Meier curve for DOR provides the distribution of responses and contextualizes the point estimate of median DOR. To give context to clinical benefit, the agency considers the DOR seen among the fraction of patients achieving objective response from standardized assessment guidelines, such as RECIST v1.1, as well as other factors such as time-dependent end points, including PFS and safety. 


 

Lancet

Author Gender Representation of Journal Reviews and Editorials on Lymphoma

LaCasce A

Gender inequity in academic medicine is a well recognised problem that marginalises a crucial talent pool and ultimately diminishes innovation, collaboration, and progress. The international Women in Lymphoma (WiL) alliance, founded in 2019, consists of over 930 members globally from more than 50 countries. WiL is led by a steering committee of 23 members representing nine countries from five global regions. Recognising gender parity in lymphoma practice despite the under-representation of women in lymphoma leadership, WiL is committed to advocacy and promotion of equal gender representation in all lymphoma academic and clinical leadership settings. A key priority is to analyse gender data related to academic presentations and publishing. 


 

Molecular Cell

UBR5 Forms Ligand-Dependent Complexes on Chromatin to Regulate Nuclear Hormone Receptor Stability

Tsai JM, Li YD, Brown J, Sandoval B, Rutter JC, Cutler JA, Zou C, Donovan KA, Lumpkin RJ, Park PMC, Sievers Q, Hatton C, Ener E, Regalado BD, Sperling MT, S?abicki M, Kim J, Zon R, Zhang Z, Miller PG, Belizaire R, Sperling AS, Fischer ES, Irizarry R, Armstrong SA, Ebert BL

Nuclear hormone receptors (NRs) are ligand-binding transcription factors that are widely targeted therapeutically. Agonist binding triggers NR activation and subsequent degradation by unknown ligand-dependent ubiquitin ligase machinery. NR degradation is critical for therapeutic efficacy in malignancies that are driven by retinoic acid and estrogen receptors. Here, we demonstrate the ubiquitin ligase UBR5 drives degradation of multiple agonist-bound NRs, including the retinoic acid receptor alpha (RARA), retinoid x receptor alpha (RXRA), glucocorticoid, estrogen, liver-X, progesterone, and vitamin D receptors. We present the high-resolution cryo-EMstructure of full-length human UBR5 and a negative stain model representing its interaction with RARA/RXRA. Agonist ligands induce sequential, mutually exclusive recruitment of nuclear coactivators (NCOAs) and UBR5 to chromatin to regulate transcriptional networks. Other pharmacological ligands such as selective estrogen receptor degraders (SERDs) degrade their receptors through differential recruitment of UBR5 or RNF111. We establish the UBR5 transcriptional regulatory hub as a common mediator and regulator of NR-induced transcription. 


 

Nature Genetics

Landscape of mSWI/SNF Chromatin Remodeling Complex Perturbations in Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Valencia AM, Sankar A, Satterstrom FK, Fu J, Talkowski ME, Kadoch C

DNA sequencing-based studies of neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) have identified a wide range of genetic determinants. However, a comprehensive analysis of these data, in aggregate, has not to date been performed. Here, we find that genes encoding the mammalian SWI/SNF (mSWI/SNF or BAF) family of ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling protein complexes harbor the greatest number of de novo missense and protein-truncating variants among nuclear protein complexes. Non-truncating NDD-associated protein variants predominantly disrupt the cBAF subcomplex and cluster in four key structural regions associated with high disease severity, including mSWI/SNF-nucleosome interfaces, the ATPase-core ARID-armadillo repeat (ARM) module insertion site, the Arp module and DNA-binding domains. Although over 70% of the residues perturbed in NDDs overlap with those mutated in cancer, ~60% of amino acid changes are NDD-specific. These findings provide a foundation to functionally group variants and link complex aberrancies to phenotypic severity, serving as a resource for the chromatin, clinical genetics and neurodevelopment communities. 


 

Nature Medicine

Machine Learning for Genetics-Based Classification and Treatment Response Prediction in Cancer of Unknown Primary

Moon I, LoPiccolo J, Baca SC, Sholl LM, Kehl KL, Hassett MJ, Liu D, Gusev A

Cancer of unknown primary (CUP) is a type of cancer that cannot be traced back to its primary site and accounts for 3-5% of all cancers. Established targeted therapies are lacking for CUP, leading to generally poor outcomes. We developed OncoNPC, a machine-learning classifier trained on targeted next-generation sequencing (NGS) data from 36,445 tumors across 22 cancer types from three institutions. Oncology NGS-based primary cancer-type classifier (OncoNPC) achieved a weighted F1 score of 0.942 for high confidence predictions ([Formula: see text]) on held-out tumor samples, which made up 65.2% of all the held-out samples. When applied to 971 CUP tumors collected at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, OncoNPC predicted primary cancer types with high confidence in 41.2% of the tumors. OncoNPC also identified CUP subgroups with significantly higher polygenic germline risk for the predicted cancer types and with significantly different survival outcomes. Notably, patients with CUP who received first palliative intent treatments concordant with their OncoNPC-predicted cancers had significantly better outcomes (hazard ratio (HR)?=?0.348; 95% confidence interval (CI)?=?0.210-0.570; P?=?[Formula: see text]). Furthermore, OncoNPC enabled a 2.2-fold increase in patients with CUP who could have received genomically guided therapies. OncoNPC thus provides evidence of distinct CUP subgroups and offers the potential for clinical decision support for managing patients with CUP. 


 

New England Journal of Medicine

Cabozantinib plus Nivolumab and Ipilimumab in Renal-Cell Carcinoma. Reply

Choueiri TK

The COSMIC-313 trial by Choueiri et al. (May 11 issue) may potentially have a practice-changing effect in oncology. In this phase 3 trial, the investigators found that adding cabozantinib to nivolumab and ipilimumab has a promising effect on progression-free survival as compared with placebo plus nivolumab and ipilimumab. The median progression-free survival was not reached in the experimental group and was 11.3 months in the control group (hazard ratio for disease progression or death, 0.73; P=0.01). 


 

Advances in Therapy

Bispecific Monoclonal Antibodies in Multiple Myeloma: Data from ASH 2022: A Podcast

Nadeem O


 

American Journal of Transplantation

Donor Antigen-Specific Regulatory T Cell Administration to Recipients of Live Donor Kidneys: A ONE Study Consortium Pilot Trial

Guinan EC, Contreras-Ruiz L, Crisalli K, Rickert C, Rosales I, Makar R, Colvin R, Turka LA, Markmann JF


 

American Journal of Transplantation

Ex Vivo Generation of Regulatory T Cells from Liver Transplant Recipients Using Costimulation Blockade

Shimozawa K, Contreras-Ruiz L, Sousa S, Zhang R, Bhatia U, Crisalli KC, Brennan LL, Turka LA, Markmann JF, Guinan EC


 

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Genomic Characterization of Aggressive Breast Cancer in Younger Women

Franco I, Punglia R


 

Blood Advances

Cytokine Release Syndrome in Haploidentical Stem Cell Transplant May Impact T-Cell Recovery and Relapse

Shapiro RM, Kim HT, Ansuinelli M, Guleria I, Cutler CS, Koreth J, Gooptu M, Antin JH, Kelkar A, Ritz J, Wu CJ, Soiffer RJ, Ho VT, Nikiforow S, Romee R


Blood Advances

More Intensive Therapy as More Effective Treatment for Frail Patients with Multiple Myeloma

DuMontier C, La J, Bihn J, Corrigan J, Dharne M, Abel GA, Gaziano JMM, Kim DH, Munshi NC, Fillmore NR, Driver JA


Blood Advances

Nivolumab for Relapsed/Refractory Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma: 5-Year Survival from Pivotal Phase 2 CheckMate 205 Study

von Keudell G, Shipp MA, Armand P


Blood Advances

Posttransplant Cyclophosphamide vs Tacrolimus-Based GVHD Prophylaxis: Lower Incidence of Relapse and Chronic GVHD

Maurer K, Ho VT, Inyang E, Cutler C, Koreth J, Shapiro RM, Gooptu M, Romee R, Nikiforow S, Antin JH, Wu CJ, Ritz J, Soiffer RJ, Kim HT


British Journal of Cancer

Sleep and Cancer Recurrence and Survival in Patients with Resected Stage III Colon Cancer: Findings from CALGB/SWOG 80702 (Alliance)

Ma C, Meyerhardt JA


British Journal of Sports Medicine

Association Between Physical Activity and the Time Course of Cancer Recurrence in Stage III Colon Cancer

Ma C, Meyerhardt JA


Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and Prevention

Sex-Specific Associations Between Adiponectin and Leptin Signaling and Pancreatic Cancer Survival

Babic A, Wang QL, Lee AA, Yuan C, Rifai N, Kim J, Kraft P, Sesso HD, Buring JE, Giovannucci EL, Manson JE, Stampfer MJ, Ng K, Wolpin BMgudo J


Cancer Immunology Research

Circulating and Intratumoral Immune Determinants of Response to Atezolizumab plus Bevacizumab in Patients with Variant Histology or Sarcomatoid Renal Cell Carcinoma

Saliby RM, El Zarif T, Bakouny Z, Shah V, Xie W, Denize T, Ficial M, Hirsch L, Wei XX, Steinharter JA, Harshman LC, Severgnini M, McDermott DF, Lee GM, Xu W, Van Allen EM, McGregor BA, Signoretti S, Choueiri TK, Braun DA


Cancer Immunology Research

Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor Influence on Soluble and Membrane-Bound ICOS in Combination with Immune Checkpoint Blockade

Li X, Li J, Zheng Y, Lee SJ, Zhou J, Giobbie-Hurder A, Hodi FS


Cancer Research

Allosteric Regulation of Switch-II Domain Controls KRAS Oncogenicity

Yang MH, Hunt B, Agnor R, Johnson CW, Shui B, Nowak JA, Haigis KM


Cancers

Tumor Mutational Burden in Breast Cancer: Current Evidence, Challenges, and Opportunities

Sammons S, Tolaney SM


Cell Reports

Genome-Guided Discovery of Cancer Therapeutic Targets

Konda P, Garinet S, Van Allen EM, Viswanathan SR


Clinical Advances in Hematology and Oncology

Management of Richter Transformation

Davids MS P, Agudo J


Clinical Cancer Research

Early Changes in Circulating Cell-Free KRAS G12C Predict Response to Adagrasib in KRAS Mutant Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients

Paweletz CP, Heavey GA, Kuang Y, Durlacher E, Jänne PA


Clinical Cancer Research

Immunogenomic Landscape of Neuroendocrine Prostate Cancer

Conteduca V, Beltran H


Clinical Cancer Research

Keeping It in the Family: HER3 as a Target in Brain Metastases

Kabraji S, Lin NU


Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Psychedelics and Related Pharmacotherapies as Integrative Medicine for Older Adults in Palliative Care

Nigam K, Beaussant Y


Clinical and Translational Immunology

Inverse Relationship Between Fusobacterium Nucleatum Amount and Tumor CD274 (PD-L1) Expression in Colorectal Carcinoma

Ugai T, Shimizu T, Kawamura H, Ugai S, Takashima Y, Usui G, Väyrynen JP, Okadome K, Haruki K, Akimoto N, Masugi Y, da Zhang X, Chan AT, Wang M, Garrett WS, Freeman GJ, Meyerhardt JA, Nowak JA, Song M, Giannakis M, Ogino S


Communications Medicine

Ablative Radiotherapy Improves Survival but Does not Cure Autochthonous Mouse Models of Prostate and Colorectal Cancer

Schmidt DR, Gramatikov IMT, Williams CL, Hurwitz M, Dodge LE, Holupka E, Kiger WS 3rd, Yilmaz ÖH, Stevenson MA, Vander Heiden MG


Contemporary Clinical Trials

Feasibility of a Positive Psychology Intervention (PATH) in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Survivors: Randomized Pilot Trial Design and Methods

Amonoo HL, Daskalakis E, Deary EC, Celano CM, Ghanime PM, Healy BC, Cutler C, Pirl WF, Park ER, El-Jawahri A, Huffman JC


Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology

Next-Generation Antibody-Drug Conjugates for Breast Cancer: Moving Beyond HER2 and TROP2

Moges R, Morganti S, Tolaney SM, Tarantino P


European Journal of Cancer

Estimating Mortality in Women with Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: The 'ESTIMATE Triple-Negative' Tool

Leone JP, Graham N, Tolaney SM, Freedman RA, Hassett MJ, Winer EP, Lin NU, Tayob N


Familial Cancer

PREMM5 Distinguishes Sporadic from Lynch Syndrome-Associated MMR-Deficient/MSI-High Colorectal Cancer

Sandoval RL, Horiguchi M, Ukaegbu C, Furniss CS, Uno H, Syngal S, Yurgelun MB


Gynecologic Oncology Reports

Durable Remission in a Patient with ERBB2-Amplified Recurrent Mucinous Ovarian Carcinoma Treated with Trastuzumab-Carboplatin-Paclitaxel

Neil AJ, Muto MG, Kolin DL, Konstantinopoulos PA


Haematologica

Hypomethylating Agent Decitabine Sensitizes Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma to Venetoclax

Zhu F, Crombie JL, Ni W, Garg S, Hackett L, Chong SJF, Collins MC, Griffin J, Davids MS


Haematologica

Use, Variability, and Justification of Eligibility Criteria for Phase II and III Clinical Trials in Acute Leukemia

Hantel A, Luskin MR, Warner E, Walsh TP, DeAngelo DJ, Lathan CS, Abel GA


Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America

CAR T Cells: Past Successes, Current Limitations, and Future Opportunities

Jacobson CA


Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America

Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cells in Multiple Myeloma

Shah P, Sperling AS


Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America

Novel Agents in Waldenström Macroglobulinemia

Sarosiek S, Castillo JJ


Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America

Waldenström Macroglobulinemia: A Myriad of Effective Treatment Options, but Still Work to be Done

Castillo JJ, Sarosiek S


Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology

Exploring Young Adults' Perspectives of Participation in a Mindfulness-Based Music Therapy Intervention Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Phillips CS, Bockhoff J, Buchbinder E, Frazier AL, LaCasce A, Ligibel J, Luskin MR, Woods H, Knoerl R


Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Impact of Neoadjuvant Paclitaxel/Trastuzumab/Pertuzumab on Breast Tumor Downsizing for Patients with HER2+ Breast Cancer: Single-Arm Prospective Clinical Trial

Weiss A, Li T, Desai NV, Tung NM, Poorvu PD, Partridge AH, Nakhlis F, Dominici L, Sinclair N, Spring LM, Faggen M, Constantine M, Krop IE, DeMeo M, Wrabel E, Alberti J, Chikarmane S, Tayob N, King TA, Tolaney SM, Winer EP, Mittendorf EA, Waks AG


Journal of Cancer Education

Adaptation of a Multimedia Chemotherapy Educational Intervention for Latinos: Letting Patient Narratives Speak for Themselves

Leiter RE, Varas MTB, Miralda K, Muneton-Castano Y, Revette A, Cronin C, Lopez A, Enzinger AC


Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology

Phase 1b Study of Intravenous Coxsackievirus A21 (V937) and Ipilimumab for Patients with Metastatic Uveal Melanoma

Sullivan RJ, Cohen JV, Haq R


Journal of Cancer Survivorship

Medical Cannabis-Related Stigma: Cancer Survivors' Perspectives

Nayak MM, Revette A, Chai PR, Sannes T, Tung S, Braun IM


Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Antibody Targeting of Mutant Calreticulin in Myeloproliferative Neoplasms

Kramer F, Mullally A


Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Safety and Efficacy of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Advanced Penile Cancer: Report from the Global Society of Rare Genitourinary Tumors

El Zarif T, Freeman D, Choueiri TK


Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Forms or Free-Text?: Measuring Advance Care Planning Activity Using Electronic Health Records

Zupanc SN, Lakin JR, Volandes AE, Moseley ET, Gundersen DA, Das S, Penumarthy A, Tulsky JA, Lindvall C


Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Peer Support Interventions in Patients with Kidney Failure: A Systematic Review

Harnedy LE, Ghanime PM, Arroyo-Ariza D, Deary EC, Daskalakis E, West J, Huffman JC, Celano CM, Amonoo HL


Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Brief Report: Safety and Antitumor Activity of Durvalumab Plus Tremelimumab in Programmed Cell Death-(Ligand)1-Monotherapy Pretreated, Advanced NSCLC: Results From a Phase 1b Clinical Trial

Awad MM


Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Letter to the Editor: Reply to Kus and Aktas

Alessi JV, Awad MM


JAMA Network Open

Development and Validation of an Automated Image-Based Deep Learning Platform for Sarcopenia Assessment in Head and Neck Cancer

Ye Z, Saraf A, Ravipati Y, Hoebers F, Catalano PJ, Zha Y, Zapaishchykova A, Likitlersuang J, Guthier C, Tishler RB, Schoenfeld JD, Margalit DN, Haddad RI, Mak RH, Aerts HJWL, Kann BH


JAMA Network Open

Patient, Caregiver, and Clinician Perspectives on Core Components of Therapeutic Alliance for Adolescents and Young Adults With Advanced Cancer: A Qualitative Study

Mastropolo R, Fisher L, Greenzang KA, Lakin JR, Lefebvre A, Wall CB, Mack JW


JAMA Pediatrics

Goals of Care Among Parents of Children Receiving Palliative Care

Wolfe J


JAMA Pediatrics

Poor Mental Health Among Survivors of Childhood Cancer-Risk Factors and a Call for Intervention

Rosenberg AR, Muriel AC


JCO Oncology Practice

Detecting and Managing T-DXd-Related Interstitial Lung Disease: The Five "S" Rules

Tarantino P, Tolaney SM


JCO Oncology Practice

Identifying Patterns and Barriers in OncotypeDX Recurrence Score Testing in Older Patients With Early-Stage, Estrogen Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer: Implications for Guidance and Reimbursement

Trapani D, Jin Q, Block CC, Freedman RA, Lin NU, Tarantino P, Mittendorf EA, King TA, Lester SC, Brock JE, Tayob N, Bunnell CA, Tolaney SM, Burstein HJ


Kidney360

Palliative Care Training in Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Rosenberg AR


Laboratory Investigation

Profiling of Natural Killer Interactions With Cancer Cells Using Mass Cytometry

Hallisey M, Dennis J, Gabriel EP, Masciarelli A, Chen J, Abrecht C, Brainard M, Marcotte WM, Dong H, Hathaway E, Tarannum M, Vergara JA, Schork AN, Tyan K, Tarantino G, Liu D, Romee R, Rahma OE, Severgnini M, Hodi FS, Baginska J


Nature Methods

Significance Analysis for Clustering with Single-Cell RNA-Sequencing Data

Grabski IN, Irizarry RA


Nature Nanotechnology

Author Correction: Molecular Bottlebrush Prodrugs as Mono- and Triplex Combination Therapies for Multiple Myeloma

Detappe A, Nguyen HV, Agius MP, Mathieu C, Su NK, Ghobrial IM, Ghoroghchian PP, Johnson JA


Nature Protocols

Tutorial: Integrative Computational Analysis of Bulk RNA-Sequencing Data to Characterize Tumor Immunity Using RIMA

Yang L, Wang J, Altreuter J, Jhaveri A, Wong CJ, Song L, Fu J, Taing L, Bodapati S, Sahu A, Tokheim C, Zhang Y, Zeng Z, Bai G, Tang M, Qiu X, Long HW, Michor F, Liu Y, Liu XS


Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology

Determinants of Response and Resistance to T Cell-Engaging Therapies in Multiple Myeloma

Midha S, Anderson KC


Neuro-Oncology

A Phase I Trial of Panobinostat in Children with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma: A Report from the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium (PBTC-047)

Cooney T, Warren KE


Neuro-Oncology

The 'LOGGIC' of RNA-Sequencing in Enhancing Diagnoses of Pediatric Low-Grade Gliomas

Apfelbaum A, Bandopadhayay P


Oncologist

Mogamulizumab-Associated Myositis with and Without Myasthenia Gravis and/or Myocarditis in Patients with T-Cell Lymphoma

Virgen CA, Sparks JA, Nohria A, O'Hare MJ, Said JT, Tawa M, LeBoeuf NR, Kupper TS, Fisher DC, Larocca C


Oncologist

Molecular Advances in the Treatment of Advanced Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor

Venkataraman V, George S, Cote GM


Pain

Daily Pain and Opioid Administration in Hospitalized Patients with Cancer: The Importance of Psychological Factors, Recent Surgery, and Current Opioid Use

Azizoddin DR, Wilson JM, Flowers KM, Beck M, Chai P, Enzinger AC, Edwards R, Tulsky JA, Schreiber KL


Pediatric Blood and Cancer

"Per Protocol" Practice Patterns for Children's Oncology Group Trials Within the Radiation Oncology Community

Liu KX, Hammoudeh L, Haas-Kogan DA


Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Tolerability of Ifosfamide-Containing Regimen in Patients with High-Risk Renal and INI-1-Deficient Tumors

Kao PC, Marcus KJ, Mullen EA


Protein Engineering, Design, and Selection

The Variable Conversion of Neutralizing Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Single Chain Antibodies to IgG Provides Insight into RBD Epitope Accessibility

Chang MR, Ke H, Miguéns LL, Coherd C, Nguyen K, Kamkaew M, Zhu Q, Marasco WA


Radiology

If Only We Had a Time Machine: Prior CT in Deep Learning for Lung Nodule Prognostication

Nishino M


Radiotherapy and Oncology

Serum miRNA-Based Signature Indicates Radiation Exposure and Dose in Humans: A Multicenter Diagnostic Biomarker Study

Tomasik B, Kozono D, Johnson T, Haas-Kogan D, Chowdhury D, Fendler W


Seminars in Nephrology

Dialysis Access Considerations in Kidney Palliative Care

Gelfand SL, Hentschel DM


Seminars in Oncology Nursing

Associations Between Distinct State Anxiety Profiles, Exposure to Stressful Life Events, Resilience, and Coping in Patients with Gynecologic Cancers Receiving Chemotherapy

Pozzar RA, Hammer MJ


Translational Oncology

COVID-19 Severity and Cardiovascular Outcomes in SARS-CoV-2-Infected Patients with Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease

Bakouny Z, Labaki C, Choueiri TK, Morgans A, Nohria A


Trends in Cell Biology

Clonal Hematopoiesis and Inflammation - The Perpetual Cycle

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Urologic Oncology

Real-World Treatment Patterns and Clinical Outcomes with First-Line Therapy in Patients with Locally Advanced/Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma by Cisplatin-Eligibility

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