2017
Functional germline variants as potential co-oncogenes
Agarwal D, Nowak C, Zhang NR, Pusztai L, Hatzis C. Functional germline variants as potential co-oncogenes. Npj Breast Cancer 2017, 3: 46. PMID: 29177190, PMCID: PMC5700137, DOI: 10.1038/s41523-017-0051-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRecent genome sequencing studiesFunction of proteinsDifferent oncogenic eventsGermline variantsGenome sequencing studiesSomatic mutationsDriver mutationsPhenotypic variationSpecific cancer subtypesLarge breast cancer cohortSomatic driver mutationsSequencing studiesFull malignant transformationFunctional germline variantsCancer biologyRecurrent driver mutationsOncogenic eventsSomatic eventsMutationsGermline aberrationsGermline polymorphismsFamilial cancerIndividual cancersMalignant transformationPolymorphism
2016
Deciphering and Targeting Oncogenic Mutations and Pathways in Breast Cancer
Santarpia L, Bottai G, Kelly CM, Győrffy B, Székely B, Pusztai L. Deciphering and Targeting Oncogenic Mutations and Pathways in Breast Cancer. The Oncologist 2016, 21: 1063-1078. PMID: 27384237, PMCID: PMC5016060, DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2015-0369.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancerCancer-causing genesCopy number variationsRNA speciesRNA editingGenomic variationNext-generation sequencingRNA sequencingGenomic complexityGenomic portraitGreater genomic complexityOncogenic mutationsOncogenic eventsTarget profilingRare mutationsMutationsRecurrent mutationsSomatic variantsGenetic aberrationsFormal clinical trialsPotential therapeutic implicationsDriver mutationsSequencingGermline variantsMolecular abnormalities