ReviewFrontiers in genetics2022
The distinct clinical trajectory, metastatic sites, and immunobiology of microsatellite-instability-high cancers.
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- A multi-task deep learning framework for simultaneous prediction of microsatellite instability and tumor mutational burden in gastric cancer from histopathological images.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- An Update of Immunohistochemistry in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- ncRNAs as Key Regulators in Gastric Cancer: From Molecular Subtyping to Therapeutic Targets.Annals of surgical oncology · 2025Review
- Microsatellite instability and mismatch repair deficiency in bladder urothelial carcinoma: a Tunisian single-center study.Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute · 2025Article
- Survival of Patients with Resected Microsatellite Instability-High, Mismatch Repair Deficient, and Lynch Syndrome-Associated Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinomas.Annals of surgical oncology · 2025Article
- Expanding horizons of cancer immunotherapy: hopes and hurdles.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Review
- Biomarkers in breast cancer 2024: an updated consensus statement by the Spanish Society of Medical Oncology and the Spanish Society of Pathology.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2024Article
- Concordance of microsatellite instability and mismatch repair status in paired biopsies and surgical specimens of resectable gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma: time for a call to action.Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association · 2023Article
- Overview of Chemotherapy for Gastric Cancer.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
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Abstract
Microsatellite-instability-high (MSI-H) cancers form a spectrum of solid organ tumors collectively known as Lynch Syndrome cancers, occurring not only in a subset of colorectal, endometrial, small bowel, gastric, pancreatic, and biliary tract cancers but also in prostate, breast, bladder, and thyroid cancers. Patients with Lynch Syndrome harbor germline mutations in mismatch repair genes, with a high degree of genomic instability, leading to somatic hypermutations and, therefore, oncogenesis and cancer progression. MSI-H cancers have unique clinicopathological characteristics compared to their microsatellite-stable (MSS) counterparts, marked by a higher neoantigen load, immune cell infiltration, and a marked clinical response to immune checkpoint blockade. Patients with known Lynch Syndrome may be detected early through surveillance, but some patients present with disseminated metastatic disease. The treatment landscape of MSI-H cancers, especially colorectal cancers, has undergone a paradigm shift and remains to be defined, with immune checkpoint blockade coming to the forefront of treatment strategies in the stage IV setting. We summarize in this review the clinical features of MSI-H cancers with a specific interest in the pattern of spread or recurrence, disease trajectory, and treatment strategies. We also summarize the tumor-immune landscape and genomic profile of MSI-H cancers and potential novel therapeutic strategies.
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