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ReviewAmerican Society of Clinical Oncology educational book. American Society of Clinical Oncology. Annual Meeting2016

Tumor Heterogeneity and Therapeutic Resistance.

Christine M Lovly, April K S Salama, Ravi Salgia

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Review in American Society of Clinical Oncology educational book. American Society of Clinical Oncology. Annual Meeting, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Christine M LovlyFrom the Department of Medicine, Department of Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN; Department of Internal Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; Department of Medical Oncology and Therapeutics Research, City of Hope, Duarte, CA.
April K S SalamaFrom the Department of Medicine, Department of Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN; Department of Internal Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; Department of Medical Oncology and Therapeutics Research, City of Hope, Duarte, CA.
Ravi SalgiaFrom the Department of Medicine, Department of Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN; Department of Internal Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; Department of Medical Oncology and Therapeutics Research, City of Hope, Duarte, CA.

Funding

Vanderbilt Clinical Oncology Research Career Development ProgramK12CA090625 · NCI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI Debra L. Friedman, Paula Jill Hurley · 2001 to 2026
$16.9M
NCI NIH HHS K12 CA090625
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The rapidly changing landscape of oncology has brought new light, and with it, new challenges to optimizing therapeutic strategies for patients. Although the concept of patient heterogeneity is well known to any practicing clinician, a more detailed understanding of the biologic changes that underscore the clinical picture is beginning to emerge. Thus, tumor heterogeneity has come to encompass more than just the clinical picture and can represent both intratumor and intertumor differences. Within the fields of thoracic oncology and melanoma, the discovery of key molecular drivers has resulted in landmark breakthroughs in therapy. However, the complexities of tumor genetics and the interaction within the environment continue to drive the search for better therapies. Ongoing challenges include the accurate and timely assessment of genetic changes as well as the development of resistance and the resultant compensatory mechanisms. Novel technologies, including commercially available next-generation sequencing, have allowed for a greater breadth and depth of information to be gained from a single pathologic specimen, and it is now being incorporated into routine clinical practice. Translational advances have subsequently provided valuable insight into mechanisms of resistance, with the development of novel treatment strategies. Future work will focus on novel diagnostic techniques and adaptive mechanisms that can ultimately drive the development of the next generation of cancer therapy.

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Genome, HumanMolecular Targeted TherapyTranslational Research, BiomedicalHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansNeoplasms

Identifiers

PMID27249771
PMCPMC10132823

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