ArticleTranslational oncology2019
A Pilot Prospective Study of Refractory Solid Tumor Patients for NGS-Based Targeted Anticancer Therapy.
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- Next-generation sequencing for guiding matched targeted therapies in people with relapsed or metastatic cancer.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Targeted Treatment of Soft-Tissue Sarcoma.Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Review
- Accounting for Delayed Entry in Analyses of Overall Survival in Clinico-Genomic Databases.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2022Article
- Clinical Outcomes of Genotype-Matched Therapy for Recurrent Gynecological Cancers: A Single Institutional Experience.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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- Crizotinib in Sarcomatous Malignancies Harboring ALK Fusion With a Definitive Partner(s): Response and Efficacy.Frontiers in oncology · 2021Review
- Towards new horizons: characterization, classification and implications of the tumour antigenic repertoire.Nature reviews. Clinical oncology · 2020Review
- Molecular Profiling-Based Precision Medicine in Cancer: A Review of Current Evidence and Challenges.Frontiers in oncology · 2020Review
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Abstract
With the advent of next-generation sequencing (NGS), targeted sequencing is now contributing to decision making for which chemotherapeutics to administer to cancer patients, especially in refractory and metastatic cancer. Given that most patients with refractory cancer develop resistance to chemotherapy and have few treatment options, we performed NGS test to evaluate the efficacy and clinical feasibility of NGS-based targeted anticancer therapy. We used a gene panel for capturing target regions covering 83 cancer-related genes. A total of 25 refractory metastatic solid tumor patients were enrolled in this study. Among the 25 patients, 7 had FDA-approved drug-responsive or -resistant alterations. However, the effectiveness of targeted therapy was assessed by follow-up in three patients (12%). These included crizotinib for ALK-EML4 fusion in a malignancy of undefined origin patient and everolimus for AKT3 amplification in a uterine sarcoma patient. In addition, we identified a KRAS codon 146 mutation (A146V), which is associated with resistance to anti-EGFR, in a cetuximab-resistant colon cancer patient with wild-type KRAS exons 2 and 12, and EGFR amplification. He received bevacizumab therapy. All three patients showed partial response after targeted therapy. Furthermore, we characterized KRAS A146V biologically using colon cancer cells. In conclusion, this study suggests that targeted therapy based on NGS test may be a good choice for improving the care of patients with refractory solid tumors.
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