The latest clinical diagnostic, treatment & personalized medicine advances & more from Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, a reviews journal. Tweets by the eds.
In a Review now published online, Mikael Pittet, Olivier Michielin & Denis Migliorini discuss the clinical relevance of macrophages in cancer, both as biomarkers and in therapeutic approaches
In a new Review online in time for weekend reading, Wolf Fridman and colleagues discuss 'B cells and tertiary lymphoid structures as determinants of tumour immune contexture and clinical outcome':
#ImmunoOnc
#camicroenv
New Review by Douglas Johnson, Caroline Nebhan, Javid Moslehi (
@CardioOncology
) & Justin Balko now live online: 'Immune-checkpoint inhibitors: long-term implications of toxicity'
#ImmunoOnc
#medonc
This new Review describes the roles of dendritic cells (DCs) as orchestrators of anticancer immunity, focusing on novel insights on DC heterogeneity gleaned from single-cell studies & how this knowledge might be leveraged to improve immunotherapy:
In the phase III externally controlled trial of autologous tumour lysate-loaded DC vaccination (DCVax-L) vs SoC for newly diagnosed or recurrent glioblastoma demonstrates promising median OS durations & meaningful increases in the tails of the OS curves:
In a new Perspective, Walia, Tuia &
@VPrasadMDMPH
discuss the adoption of composite end points in oncology, their pro and cons, and advocate for separate reporting of component events to enable a better understanding of cancer biology and trial results:
In a Review now published online, Steven Albelda provides an overview of what we know so far about CAR T cell therapies for solid tumours and proposes strategies to improve outcomes:
Online now: Cancer,
#COVID19
and the precautionary principle: prioritizing treatment during a global pandemic, a Comment in which Tim Hanna, Gerald Evans and Chris Booth propose a framework for oncology services during the pandemic
Now live online, Gideon Blumenthal & Richard Pazdur discuss the FDA approvals in 2018, highlighting 'a histology-agnostic new molecular entity, novel end points and real-time review' -
In a News and Views now published online, Alexander Frankell and Mariam Jamal-Hanjani from
@TheCrick
discuss a trial of MRD detection after surgery in non-small-cell
#lungcancer
that was published in
@CD_AACR
New Review by Jiajie Hou, Michael Karin & Beicheng Sun now live online: 'Targeting cancer-promoting inflammation — have anti-inflammatory therapies come of age?' -
#ImmunoOnc
#caxtx
#camicroenv
New Review by Lorenzo Galluzzi, Juliette Humeau, Aitziber Buqué, Laurence Zitvogel & Guido Kroemer now live online: 'Immunostimulation with chemotherapy in the era of immune checkpoint inhibitors' -
#ImmunoOnc
In a new Review now live online, Yang Chen, Kathleen M. McAndrews & Raghu Kalluri discuss the 'Clinical and therapeutic relevance of cancer-associated fibroblasts':
#btsm
#PancSM
#camicroenv
#caxtx
New Review by Mariana Paes Dias, Sarah Moser, Shridar Ganesan & Jos Jonkers now live online: 'Understanding and overcoming resistance to PARP inhibitors in cancer therapy'
#GynCSM
#bcsm
#medonc
In a Review now published online, Liangfang Zhang et al. describe what cell membrane-coated nanoparticles are and discuss potential therapeutic applications in oncology:
In a new Review now published online, Josep Llovet et al. discuss the immune microenvironments of hepatocellular carcinomas of various aetiologies and the current and future landscape of immunotherapy for this disease:
#ImmunoOnc
#medonc
#hpbcsm
In the last few days of 2020 we are compiling a list of the most downloaded
@NatRevClinOncol
articles this year.
#5
is an article on nanomedicines and the tumour microenvironment by Stylianopoulos, Jain and cols.
In a Review now published online,
@FilippoDallOlio
@BenjaminBesseMD
et al. discuss tumour burden, a concept often poorly understood, focusing on its assessment and value as a biomarker in patients receiving ICIs
Another new Review is online today: 'The beginning of the end for conventional RECIST — novel therapies require novel imaging approaches' by Moritz Wildgruber and colleagues -
Hope you are enjoying our article countdown! The 6th most popular long article published in
@NatRevClinOncol
in 2021 discusses the role of the MYC oncogene in cancer
A single-cell atlas of breast cancer reveals tumour and immune cell diversity and, in addition, highlights presence of PD-L1+ macrophages and exhausted T cells in many ER+ and ER- cancers
In a Review now published online, Guilherme Harada, Soo-Ryum Yang,
@emilianoCocco2
and
@alexdrilon
discuss some molecular subtypes of
#lungcancer
that, despite occurring in <5% of patients with this cancer type, affect a considerable number of individuals
What do we know about LDH in cancer? In a Review now published online, Caroline Robert and co-authors describe this enzyme from oncological, biochemical, biological and immunological perspectives:
In a new Review, Izuma Nakayama, Changsong Qi, Yang Chen, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Lin Shen & Kohei Shitara discuss Claudin 18.2 as a novel target for cancer therapy:
New Review by Michael J. Grant, Roy S. Herbst & Sarah B. Goldberg
@YaleCancer
now live online: 'Selecting the optimal immunotherapy regimen in driver-negative metastatic NSCLC' -
#lcsm
#ImmunoOnc
#medonc
New Review by Neil Vasan & Lewis Cantley: 'At a crossroads: how to translate the roles of PI3K in oncogenic and metabolic signalling into improvements in cancer therapy' -
@CantleyLab
@NeilVasan
New Review by Hirohito Yamaguchi, Jung-Mao Hsu, Wen-Hao Yang & Mien-Chie Hung now live online: 'Mechanisms regulating PD-L1 expression in cancers and associated opportunities for novel small-molecule therapeutics' -
#ImmunoOnc
#caxtx
In a new Review, Shogo Kumagai, Kota Itahashi & Hiroyoshi Nishikawa discuss new insights on Treg cell-mediated immunosuppressive networks in cancer, presenting the concept of immuno-genomic cancer evolution and a related paradigm for precision medicine:
New Review by Kohei Shitara and colleagues now live online: 'Biomarker-targeted therapies for advanced-stage gastric and gastro-oesophageal junction cancers: an emerging paradigm'
#esocsm
#stcsm
A single-cell transcriptomic analysis of 55 neoantigen-specific TCR clonotypes from 10 metastatic human tumours revealed NeoTCR signatures that enable successful TCR prediction based purely on TIL transcriptomic states for use in cancer immunotherapy:
In a Review now published online, Laura Morrison, Sibylle Loibl & Nicholas C. Turner provide an overview on the role of CDK4/6 inhibitors in current approaches to treat patients with
#breastcancer
and discuss ongoing challenges in this area
New Review by Bertrand Allard, David Allard, Laurence Buisseret & John Stagg now live online: 'The adenosine pathway in immuno-oncology'
#ImmunoOnc
#caxtx
Would you be able to tell the differences between a CD28 and a 4-1BB costimulatory domain in CAR T cells? Kathryn M. Cappell and James N. Kochenderfer address this question in a Review now published
New Perspective article by Satyen Gohil, Bryan Iorgulescu, David Braun, Derin Keskin & Kenneth Livak now live online: 'Applying high-dimensional single-cell technologies to the analysis of cancer immunotherapy'
#ImmunoOnc
#camicroenv
#cagenome
In a new Review now live online, Michael Green, Leng Han and co-author discuss the opportunities to advance CAR T cell therapy through the use of multidimensional omics data, as well as the associated challenges:
#ImmunoOnc
#cagenome
#cametab
#caproteo
Another new Review, live online. In this one,
@alexdrilon
and co-authors discuss the topic of 'MET-dependent solid tumours — molecular diagnosis and targeted therapy'
#caxtx
Systematic analysis using real-world clinicogenomics data identifies 458 mutations that predict survival with specific immunotherapies, chemotherapy agents or targeted therapies across 8 common cancer types, also revealing mutation–mutation interactions:
In a Perspective now published online, Martina Ott, Robert Prims and Amy Heimberger discuss the immune landscape of
#CNS
cancers and its implications for
#immunotherapy
New Review by Klaus Pantel & Catherine Alix-Panabières now live online: 'Liquid biopsy and minimal residual disease — latest advances and implications for cure'
In a new Review now live online, Jamie Chaft and co-authors discuss the 'Evolution of systemic therapy for stages I–III non-metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer':
#LCSM
#medonc
In an update of the SABR-COMET trial of metastasis-directed therapy with SABR vs SOC palliative treatment in pts with solid tumours & 1–5 metastases, 8-year OS was 27.2% vs 13.6% (HR 0.50; P = 0.008). 8-year PFS was 21.3% vs 0.0% (HR 0.45; P <0.001):
In a new Perspective now online,
@VivekSubbiah
and the other members of the COVID19 and Cancer Clinical Trials Working Group provide
#COVID
-19 vaccine guidance for patients with cancer participating in oncology clinical trials:
#Covid_19
#covid19
New Perspective article by Caroline Robert, Aurelien Marabelle, Hugo Herrscher, Caroline Caramella, Pascal Rouby, Karim Fizazi & Benjamin Besse now live: 'Immunotherapy discontinuation — how, and when? Data from melanoma as a paradigm' -
#melsm
#ImmunoOnc
In a News and Views now online, Lopez de Rodas and Schalper discuss two recent articles discussing tumour-infiltrating effector cell function and published in
@Nature
@NatResCancer
Multi-omics analysis of samples from 88 pts with melanoma receiving ICIs suggests that a high TMB and high IFNγ signature predicts response (89% sensitivity, 53% specificity, AUC 0.84). No consistent mechanisms of resistance was seen among non-responders:
In a Review now published online,
@MJ_Mair
and other experts
@MedUni_Wien
@EANOassociation
(and other affiliations) provide an overview on the intracranial activity of andibody-drug conjugates:
New Review by Michael F. Berger & Elaine R. Mardis now live online: 'The emerging clinical relevance of genomics in cancer medicine' -
#cagenome
#PrecisionMedicine
#camoldx
In a new Review, now live online, Lasse Kristensen, Theresa Jakobsen, Henrik Hager & Jørgen Kjems discuss 'The emerging roles of circRNAs in cancer and oncology', as well as controversies in this field of research:
Comprehensive characterization of RAS mutations in colon and rectal cancers in old and young patients reveals mutation hotspots and unexpected differences in mutation spectrum based on age of diagnosis, MSI status, and colon versus rectum subsite:
#CRCSM
We have another new Review now live online: 'Regulatory T cells in cancer immunosuppression — implications for anticancer therapy' by Yosuke Togashi, Kohei Shitara & Hiroyoshi Nishikawa
#ImmunoOnc
New Review by Won Jin Ho, Elizabeth Jaffee & Lei Zheng now live online: 'The tumour microenvironment in pancreatic cancer — clinical challenges and opportunities'
#PancSM
#camicroenv
In a new Review now live online, Ann Tivey, Matt Church, Dominic Rothwell, Caroline Dive & Natalie Cook discuss advances and potential clinical applications for the analysis of circulating tumour DNA — looking beyond the blood:
#camoldx
In a new Review now live online, Katoh et al. discuss the clinical activity, mechanisms of resistance and new directions of FGFR-targeted therapeutics:
Meta-analysis suggests that even a 4week delay of cancer treatment is associated with increased mortality across surgical, systemic treatment, and radiotherapy indications for seven cancers (bladder, breast, colon, rectum, lung, cervix, & head and neck):
New Review by Francesc Bosch & Riccardo Dalla-Favera now live online in time for the weekend: 'Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia: from genetics to treatment' -
#leusm
#hemeonc