2021
Comparison of programmed death-ligand 1 protein expression between primary and metastatic lesions in patients with lung cancer
Moutafi MK, Tao W, Huang R, Haberberger J, Alexander B, Ramkissoon S, Ross JS, Syrigos K, Wei W, Pusztai L, Rimm DL, Vathiotis IA. Comparison of programmed death-ligand 1 protein expression between primary and metastatic lesions in patients with lung cancer. Journal For ImmunoTherapy Of Cancer 2021, 9: e002230. PMID: 33833050, PMCID: PMC8039214, DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2020-002230.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPD-L1 expressionMetastatic lesionsLung cancer casesLung cancerCancer casesAdvanced stage non-small cell lung cancerNon-small cell lung cancerNon-squamous histologyCell lung cancerFuture patient managementDefinite diagnostic testSquamous histologyFoundation MedicineLymph nodesRoutine careHistologic subtypeMetastatic sitesPrimary lesionRetrospective studyAdrenal glandPrimary tumorPleural fluidPatient managementTrial designDrug Administration
2017
Phylogenetic analysis of metastatic progression in breast cancer using somatic mutations and copy number aberrations
Brown D, Smeets D, Székely B, Larsimont D, Szász AM, Adnet PY, Rothé F, Rouas G, Nagy ZI, Faragó Z, Tőkés AM, Dank M, Szentmártoni G, Udvarhelyi N, Zoppoli G, Pusztai L, Piccart M, Kulka J, Lambrechts D, Sotiriou C, Desmedt C. Phylogenetic analysis of metastatic progression in breast cancer using somatic mutations and copy number aberrations. Nature Communications 2017, 8: 14944. PMID: 28429735, PMCID: PMC5474888, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14944.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDistant metastasisPrimary tumorClonal frequency analysisMultiple metastatic lesionsBreast cancer disseminationBreast cancer progressionSomatic mutationsWhole-exome sequencingAvailable metastasesMetastatic lesionsMetastatic precursorsPrimary lesionMetastatic tumorsDisease progressionBreast cancerPatterns of disseminationMetastasisMetastatic progressionCancer disseminationPatientsCancer progressionCopy number profilingCopy number aberrationsTumorsMonoclonal origin