Project description:This phase II MATCH trial studies how well treatment that is directed by genetic testing works in patients with solid tumors or lymphomas that have progressed following at least one line of standard treatment or for which no agreed upon treatment approach exists. Genetic tests look at the unique genetic material (genes) of patients’ tumor cells. Patients with genetic abnormalities (such as mutations, amplifications, or translocations) may benefit more from treatment which targets their tumor’s particular genetic abnormality. Identifying these genetic abnormalities first may help doctors plan better treatment for patients with solid tumors, lymphomas, or multiple myeloma.
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Project description:Ovarian Cancer Genetic Testing
Project description:This study demonstrates two fundamental tenets of immunotherapy: vaccines targeting any tumor antigen will not be as effective as those targeting true oncogenic drivers and neither the stimulation of tumor-specific T-cells nor the blockade of a key immune checkpoint is enough to overcome the layers of immune suppression by itself. It provides single cell genetic evidence that vaccination alone generates a population of CD8 T-cells incapable of long-term tumor control due to the activation of numerous immune dysfunction pathways within the tumor. These promising studies have led to the initiation of a Phase II clinical trial testing a novel HER2 vaccine in combination with Pembrolizumab (NCT03632941) to determine if this combination can elicit effective anti-tumor immunity while minimizing off-target immune responses in patients with advanced HER2+ BC.
Project description:Phase I trial to study genetic testing and the effectiveness of irinotecan in treating patients who have solid tumors and lymphoma. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Genetic testing for a specific enzyme may help doctors determine whether side effects from or response to chemotherapy are related to a person’s genetic makeup
Project description:Recent studies have highlighted the role of sub-clones in tumors. Lymph nodes are generally the first location of metastasis for most solid epithelial tumors including Colorectal cancer (CRC). We sought to understand the genetic origin of lymph node metastasis in CRC by evaluating the relationship between CRC tumor sub-clones and lymph nodes.
Project description:Determine differetiatial expression of micro RNA in paired human hepatocellular tumor tissues and their adjacent cirrosis tissues by SOLiD sequencing. http://www.appliedbiosystems.com/absite/us/en/home/applications-technologies/solid-next-generation-sequencing/small-rna-analysis.html Matrix with results is available in thearchive: E-MTAB-511.additional.zip
Project description:Melanoma metastasis is a devastating outcome in need of novel preventive therapies. We provide pharmacologic, nolecuar, and genetic evidence establishing the liver-X nuclear hormone receptor (LXR) as a therapeutic target in melanoma. Molecular and genetic experiments revealed these effects to be mediated by LXRb, which elicits these outcomes through transcriptional induction of tumoral and systemic apolipoprotein-E (ApoE). LXRb agonism robustly suppressed tumor growth and metastasis across a wide spectrum of melanoma lines of diverse mutational subtypes established in xenograft, immunocompetent, and genetically-initiated model. We propose a path for the clinical testing of LXRb targeting-a therapeutic approach that uniquely acts by transcriptionally acivating a metastasis suppressor gene.
