2023
Bacterial Sequencing Reads in Blood Exome Files from Melanoma and Cervical Cancer Patients are Associated with Cancer Recurrence
Quach J, Diaz M, Huda T, Kinskey J, Zaman S, Desantis J, Cios K, Blanck G. Bacterial Sequencing Reads in Blood Exome Files from Melanoma and Cervical Cancer Patients are Associated with Cancer Recurrence. Molecular Biotechnology 2023, 65: 1476-1484. PMID: 36653589, DOI: 10.1007/s12033-023-00663-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCervical cancer casesCervical cancer patientsCancer patientsExome filesCancer recurrenceCancer casesDisease-free survival probabilityImmunocompromised Cancer PatientsOverall survival resultsCancer clinical outcomesBacterial blood infectionsLower DFSClinical outcomesCervical cancerPrimary tumorSurvival resultsMelanoma casesBlood infectionSolid tumorsGreater riskPatientsBacteroides fragilisBloodPresence of bacteriaBacteroides species
2019
Aberrant Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor RNA Splice Products Are Among the Most Frequent Somatic Alterations in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma and Are Associated with a Poor Response to Immunotherapy
Zaman S, Hajiran A, Coba GA, Robinson T, Madanayake TW, Segarra DT, Chobrutskiy BI, Boyle TA, Zhou JM, Kim Y, Mulé JJ, Teer JK, Manley BJ. Aberrant Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor RNA Splice Products Are Among the Most Frequent Somatic Alterations in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma and Are Associated with a Poor Response to Immunotherapy. European Urology Focus 2019, 7: 373-380. PMID: 31901438, PMCID: PMC7771328, DOI: 10.1016/j.euf.2019.12.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRenal cell carcinomaCell renal cell carcinomaClear cell renal cell carcinomaCell carcinomaPoor responseAdvanced clear cell renal cell carcinomaTumor tissueNon-RCC tumorsCohort of patientsRCC tumor tissuesReverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reactionTranscriptase-polymerase chain reactionFrequent somatic alterationsKidney cancer cell linesAdvanced ccRCCCancer cell linesCancer Genome AtlasSystemic therapyClinical outcomesInstitutional cohortPatient populationPoor prognosisHuman kidney cancer cell linesClinical significanceTCGA cohort