2019
Modelling bistable tumour population dynamics to design effective treatment strategies
Akhmetzhanov A, Kim J, Sullivan R, Beckman R, Tamayo P, Yeang C. Modelling bistable tumour population dynamics to design effective treatment strategies. Journal Of Theoretical Biology 2019, 474: 88-102. PMID: 31077681, PMCID: PMC9534689, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2019.05.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDrug resistanceHeterogeneous tumorsTumor cellsTreatment strategiesDevelopment of optimal therapeutic strategiesEffects of targeted drugsBRAF-mutant melanomaProcess of tumor growthOptimal therapeutic strategyDrug resistance characteristicsHeterogeneous tumor cellsReverse drug resistanceActivated alternative pathwayEmergence of resistanceCancer treatment modalityEffective treatment strategiesDesigning effective treatment strategiesDrug holidayBRAF inhibitorsPeriodate treatmentDrug regimensTreatment modalitiesGenetic alterationsTumor growthDrug sensitivity
2016
Characterizing genomic alterations in cancer by complementary functional associations
Kim J, Botvinnik O, Abudayyeh O, Birger C, Rosenbluh J, Shrestha Y, Abazeed M, Hammerman P, DiCara D, Konieczkowski D, Johannessen C, Liberzon A, Alizad-Rahvar A, Alexe G, Aguirre A, Ghandi M, Greulich H, Vazquez F, Weir B, Van Allen E, Tsherniak A, Shao D, Zack T, Noble M, Getz G, Beroukhim R, Garraway L, Ardakani M, Romualdi C, Sales G, Barbie D, Boehm J, Hahn W, Mesirov J, Tamayo P. Characterizing genomic alterations in cancer by complementary functional associations. Nature Biotechnology 2016, 34: 539-546. PMID: 27088724, PMCID: PMC4868596, DOI: 10.1038/nbt.3527.Peer-Reviewed Original Research