2023
Monitoring Treatment Response, Early Recurrence, and Survival in Uterine Serous Carcinoma and Carcinosarcoma Patients Using Personalized Circulating Tumor DNA Biomarkers
Bellone S, McNamara B, Mutlu L, Demirkiran C, Hartwich T, Harold J, Yang-Hartwich Y, Siegel E, Santin A. Monitoring Treatment Response, Early Recurrence, and Survival in Uterine Serous Carcinoma and Carcinosarcoma Patients Using Personalized Circulating Tumor DNA Biomarkers. International Journal Of Molecular Sciences 2023, 24: 8873. PMID: 37240216, PMCID: PMC10219151, DOI: 10.3390/ijms24108873.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUterine serous carcinomaCS patientsEarly recurrenceDroplet digital polymerase chain reactionCA 125Serous carcinomaCtDNA testingTime of surgeryTime of recurrenceReliable tumor biomarkersTumour DNA biomarkersCarcinosarcoma patientsUSC patientsRecurrent diseaseOccult diseaseOverall survivalEndometrial cancerAggressive variantInitial treatmentRecurrent tumorsResidual tumorClinical findingsTreatment courseTreatment trialsPIK3CA mutationsChapter 3 Ovarian carcinosarcoma
Tymon-Rosario J, Chui M, Santin A. Chapter 3 Ovarian carcinosarcoma. 2023, 41-54. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-82938-0.00003-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHigh-grade serous ovarian carcinomaSurvival of womenEpithelial ovarian cancerSerous ovarian carcinomaEpithelial-mesenchymal transitionCarcinosarcoma patientsGynecologic tractHistologic subtypeOvarian carcinosarcomaAggressive diseaseAggressive malignancyCarcinoma componentOvarian tumorsClinical managementOvarian carcinomaClinical trialsOvarian cancerSarcomatous elementsAggressive natureCarcinosarcomaTumorsDiseaseSurvivalMolecular studiesPatients
2020
Preclinical activity of sacituzumab govitecan (IMMU-132) in uterine and ovarian carcinosarcomas
Lopez S, Perrone E, Bellone S, Bonazzoli E, Zeybek B, Han C, Tymon-Rosario J, Altwerger G, Menderes G, Bianchi A, Zammataro L, Manzano A, Manara P, Ratner E, Silasi DA, Huang GS, Azodi M, Schwartz PE, Raspagliesi F, Angioli R, Buza N, Hui P, Bond HM, Santin AD. Preclinical activity of sacituzumab govitecan (IMMU-132) in uterine and ovarian carcinosarcomas. Oncotarget 2020, 11: 560-570. PMID: 32082489, PMCID: PMC7007291, DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.27342.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSacituzumab govitecanTrop-2 expressionTrop-2Ovarian carcinosarcomaWeekly intravenous administrationSignificant tumor growth inhibitionTumor growth inhibitionCS cell linesCell linesCell surface markersNegative cell linesAggressive carcinosarcomasCarcinosarcoma patientsPrimary carcinosarcomaOverall survivalPoor prognosisPreclinical activityRare cancersIntravenous administrationXenograft modelActive drugCarcinosarcomaActive metaboliteFFPE tumorsCell viability assays