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ArticleClinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research2022

Report of the First International Symposium on NUT Carcinoma.

Christopher A French, Michael L Cheng, Glenn J Hanna, Steven G DuBois, Nicole G Chau, Christine L Hann, Simone Storck, Ravi Salgia, Matteo Trucco, Jennifer Tseng and 13 more

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Article in Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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40citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 55 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

23 authors at 19 institutions in 7 countries.

Christopher A FrenchDepartment of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0002-7434-4987
Michael L ChengDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Glenn J HannaDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0002-9969-2523
Steven G DuBoisDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Nicole G ChauBritish Columbia Cancer Agency Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-9317-3642
Christine L HannJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.ORCID 0000-0002-1467-5557
Simone StorckSwabian Children's Cancer Center, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Hospital Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany.
Ravi SalgiaDepartment of Medical Oncology and Therapeutics Research, City of Hope, Duarte, California.
Matteo TruccoCleveland Clinic Children's, Cleveland, Ohio.
Jennifer TsengOrlando Health, Orlando, Florida.
Anastasios StathisOncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, EOC, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
Richard PiekarzInvestigational Drug Branch, Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program (CTEP), Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (DCTD), NCI, Bethesda, Maryland.ORCID 0000-0002-3591-7893
Ulrich M LauerUniversity Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Christophe MassardGustave Roussy Cancer Campus-Molecular Radiotherapy and Therapeutic Innovation INSERM U1030, Faculty of Medicine Kremlin-Bicêtre and Paris-Saclay University, France.ORCID 0000-0001-5505-0564
Kelly BennettAbbVie pharmaceuticals, Chicago, Illinois.
Shodeinde CokerBristol-Myers Squibb Company, Lawrenceville, New Jersey.
Ulrike Tontsch-GruntBoehringer Ingelheim, RCV, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-0808-964X
Martin L SosInstitute of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2868-100X
Sida LiaoTScan Therapeutics, Waltham, Massachusetts.
Catherine J WuDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0002-3348-5054
Kornelia PolyakDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0002-5964-0382
Sarina A Piha-PaulDepartment of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
Geoffrey I ShapiroDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0002-3331-4095
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · USAbbVie (United States) · USBC Cancer Agency · CABoehringer Ingelheim (Austria) · ATBoston Children's Hospital · USBrigham and Women's Hospital · USBristol-Myers Squibb (Belgium) · BECenter for Cancer Research · USCity Of Hope National Medical Center · USCleveland Clinic · USInserm · FRInstitute of Oncology Research · CHJohns Hopkins University · USOrlando Health · USThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USTScan Therapeutics (United States) · USUniversity Children's Hospital Tübingen · DEUniversity Hospital Augsburg · DEUniversity of Cologne · DE

Funding

Tumor Evolution and Metastasis ProgramP30CA016672 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI DIANE BODURKA · 1985 to 2026
$290.8M
Pathogenesis of NUT-Rearranged CarcinomaR01CA124633 · NCI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI Christopher A French · 2007 to 2026
$7.0M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016672NCI NIH HHS R01 CA124633
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

NUT carcinoma is a rare, aggressive cancer defined by rearrangements of the NUTM1 gene. No routinely effective treatments of NUT carcinoma exist, despite harboring a targetable oncoprotein, most commonly BRD4-NUT. The vast majority of cases are fatal. Poor awareness of the disease is a major obstacle to progress in the treatment of NUT carcinoma. While the incidence likely exceeds that of Ewing sarcoma, and BRD4-NUT heralded the bromodomain and extra-terminal domain (BET) inhibitor class of selective epigenetic modulators, NUT carcinoma is incorrectly perceived as "impossibly rare," and therefore receives comparatively little private or governmental funding or prioritization by pharma. To raise awareness, propagate scientific knowledge, and initiate a consensus on standard and targeted treatment of NUT carcinoma, we held the First International Symposium on NUT Carcinoma on March 3, 2021. This virtual event had more than eighty attendees from the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Patients with NUT carcinoma and family members were represented and shared perspectives. Broadly, the four areas discussed by experts in the field included (1) the biology of NUT carcinoma; (2) standard approaches to the treatment of NUT carcinoma; (3) results of clinical trials using BET inhibitors; and (4) future directions, including novel BET bromodomain inhibitors, combinatorial approaches, and immunotherapy. It was concluded that standard chemotherapeutic approaches and first-generation BET bromodomain inhibitors, the latter complicated by a narrow therapeutic window, are only modestly effective in a minority of cases. Nonetheless, emerging second-generation targeted inhibitors, novel rational synergistic combinations, and the incorporation of immuno-oncology approaches hold promise to improve the prognosis of this disease.

Indexed as

CarcinomaSarcoma, EwingBromodomain Containing ProteinsCell Cycle ProteinsHumansNuclear ProteinsOncogene Proteins, FusionTranscription FactorsBRD4 protein, humanBromodomain Containing ProteinsCell Cycle ProteinsNuclear ProteinsOncogene Proteins, FusionTranscription Factors

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PMID35417004
PMCPMC9197941
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