2018
A framework to rank genomic alterations as targets for cancer precision medicine: the ESMO Scale for Clinical Actionability of molecular Targets (ESCAT)
Mateo J, Chakravarty D, Dienstmann R, Jezdic S, Gonzalez-Perez A, Lopez-Bigas N, Ng CKY, Bedard PL, Tortora G, Douillard J, Van Allen EM, Schultz N, Swanton C, André F, Pusztai L. A framework to rank genomic alterations as targets for cancer precision medicine: the ESMO Scale for Clinical Actionability of molecular Targets (ESCAT). Annals Of Oncology 2018, 29: 1895-1902. PMID: 30137196, PMCID: PMC6158764, DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdy263.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsESMO ScaleMolecular targetsClinical actionabilityPrecision Medicine Working GroupGenomic alterationsPrecision medicineRoutine clinical decisionEvidence-based criteriaMedicine Working GroupLack of evidencePreclinical evidenceClinical benefitClinical evidencePatient populationClassification systemClinical managementCancer precision medicineInvestigational targetsPatient managementMolecular aberrationsTumor typesClinical decisionClinical targetsAvailable evidenceEuropean Society
2014
Gene Signature–Guided Dasatinib Therapy in Metastatic Breast Cancer
Pusztai L, Moulder S, Altan M, Kwiatkowski D, Valero V, Ueno NT, Esteva FJ, Avritscher R, Qi Y, Strauss L, Hortobagyi GN, Hatzis C, Symmans WF. Gene Signature–Guided Dasatinib Therapy in Metastatic Breast Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research 2014, 20: 5265-5271. PMID: 25172932, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-14-0800.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMetastatic breast cancerBreast cancerPredictive gene signaturesGene signatureClinical benefitBiopsy-related adverse eventsSingle-agent activityStable diseaseDasatinib therapyAdverse eventsUnderwent biopsyUnselected patientsPreclinical evidenceUnexpected toxicitiesThree-armPatientsSingle agentMolecular testingCLIA laboratoryDasatinib responseDasatinibBiopsyGene expression profilingCancerExpression profiling