Cancers 2022 September 2 [Link] Lilith Trassl, Georgios T Stathopoulos Abstract Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a rare, incurable cancer of the mesothelial cells lining the lungs and the chest wall that is mainly caused by asbestos inhalation. The molecular mechanisms of mesothelial carcinogenesis are still unclear despite comprehensive studies of the mutational landscape of…

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JCO Precision Oncology 2022 June [Link] Ibiayi Dagogo-Jack, Russell W Madison, Jochen K Lennerz, Kuei-Ting Chen, Julia F Hopkins, Alexa B Schrock, Lauren L Ritterhouse, Ashley Lester, Keith A Wharton Jr, Mari Mino-Kenudson, Natalie Danziger, Yin P Hung, Douglas A Mata, Jeffrey S Ross Abstract Purpose: Mesothelioma is an aggressive malignancy with heterogeneous outcomes that…

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Human Pathology 2021 March 2 [Link] Hiroe Itami, Tomomi Fujii, Tokiko Nakai, Maiko Takeda, Yohei Kishi, Fumiaki Taniguchi, Chiyoko Terada, Fumi Okada, Yuji Nitta, Minami Matsuoka, Shoh Sasaki, Sumire Sugimoto, Tomoko Uchiyama, Kohei Morita, Takahiko Kasai, Ryuji Kawaguchi, Chiho Ohbayashi Abstract Adenomatoid tumors (ATs) are benign mesothelial tumors with good prognosis and usually occur in…

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Histopathology 2021 January 2 [Link] David B Chapel, Adrian M Dubuc, Jason L Hornick, Lynette M Sholl Abstract Aims: MTAP immunohistochemistry is a specific marker of CDKN2A deletion in malignant mesothelioma. However, the relationship of MTAP expression with MTAP copy number remains unexplored. Methods and results: Forty malignant pleural mesotheliomas were characterized by targeted next-generation…

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Histopathology 2021 January 2 [Link] David B Chapel, Adrian M Dubuc, Jason L Hornick, Lynette M Sholl Abstract Aims: MTAP immunohistochemistry is a specific marker of CDKN2A deletion in malignant mesothelioma. However, the relationship of MTAP expression with MTAP copy number remains unexplored. Methods and results: Forty malignant pleural mesotheliomas were characterized by targeted next-generation…

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Clinical Cancer Research 2020 November 17 [Link] Yinfei Tan, Eleonora Sementino, Mitchell Cheung, Suraj Peri, Craig W Menges, Anna-Mariya Kukuyan, Ting Zhang, Vladimir Khazak, Lauren A Fox, Eric A Ross, Suresh Ramanathan, Suresh C Jhanwar, Raja M Flores, Siddharth Balachandran, Joseph R Testa Abstract Purpose: Receptor-interacting protein kinase RIPK3 phosphorylates effector molecule MLKL to trigger…

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Lung Cancer 2020 November 5 [Link] Kelly Marshall, Susan Jackson, Jennifer Jones, Jayne Holme, Judith Lyons, Emma Barrett, Paul Taylor, Paul Bishop, Clare Hodgson, Michael Green, Nicholas Telford, Matthew Evison Abstract Background: Detection of homozygous deletion of the p16 gene (CDKN2A) by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) has been investigated as an ancillary technique in…

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Frontiers in Genetics 2020 August 7 [Link] Yiyang Bai, Xiao Wang, Jia Hou, Luying Geng, Xuan Liang, Zhiping Ruan, Hui Guo, Kejun Nan, Lili Jiang Abstract Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), predominantly caused by asbestos exposure, is a highly aggressive cancer with poor prognosis. The staging systems currently used in clinics is inadequate in evaluating the…

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Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2019 December 27 [Link] Guo R, DuBoff M, Jayakumaran G, Kris MG, Ladanyi M, Robson ME, Mandelker D, Zauderer MG Abstract INTRODUCTION: Although next-generation sequencing (NGS) has brought insight into critical mutations or pathways (e.g. DNA damage sensing and repair) involved in the etiology of many cancers and directed new screening,…

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