2017
Analytical Validation of the Next-Generation Sequencing Assay for a Nationwide Signal-Finding Clinical Trial Molecular Analysis for Therapy Choice Clinical Trial
Lih CJ, Harrington RD, Sims DJ, Harper KN, Bouk CH, Datta V, Yau J, Singh RR, Routbort MJ, Luthra R, Patel KP, Mantha GS, Krishnamurthy S, Ronski K, Walther Z, Finberg KE, Canosa S, Robinson H, Raymond A, Le LP, McShane LM, Polley EC, Conley BA, Doroshow JH, Iafrate AJ, Sklar JL, Hamilton SR, Williams PM. Analytical Validation of the Next-Generation Sequencing Assay for a Nationwide Signal-Finding Clinical Trial Molecular Analysis for Therapy Choice Clinical Trial. Journal Of Molecular Diagnostics 2017, 19: 313-327. PMID: 28188106, PMCID: PMC5397672, DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoldx.2016.10.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNext-generation sequencingNational Cancer Institute-Molecular AnalysisMultiple clinical laboratoriesParaffin-embedded clinical specimensTherapy Choice (NCI-MATCH) trialClinical Laboratory Improvement AmendmentsNext-generation sequencing assayPrecision medicine studiesStandard treatmentRefractory cancerClinical trialsBiopsy collectionClinical specimensPanel assayClinical useOverall sensitivityMedicine studiesPairwise concordanceReportable variantsCompliant useNGS assaysTrialsPrecision medicineCell linesClinical laboratories
2014
Reduced NF1 Expression Confers Resistance to EGFR Inhibition in Lung Cancer
de Bruin EC, Cowell C, Warne PH, Jiang M, Saunders RE, Melnick MA, Gettinger S, Walther Z, Wurtz A, Heynen GJ, Heideman DA, Gómez-Román J, García-Castaño A, Gong Y, Ladanyi M, Varmus H, Bernards R, Smit EF, Politi K, Downward J. Reduced NF1 Expression Confers Resistance to EGFR Inhibition in Lung Cancer. Cancer Discovery 2014, 4: 606-619. PMID: 24535670, PMCID: PMC4011693, DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.cd-13-0741.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLung cancerMAP-ERK kinase (MEK) inhibitorsEGF receptorEGFR-mutant lung adenocarcinomaKinase inhibitorsHuman lung cancer cell linesResistance of lungSubgroup of patientsLung cancer cell linesCancer cell linesClinical responsivenessCombination therapyEGFR-TKIEGFR mutationsErlotinib resistanceLung adenocarcinomaRAS-ERK signalingEGFR inhibitionMEK inhibitorsErlotinibReduced expressionNF1 expressionPatientsCell linesNeurofibromin levels