Search Results - "Tomasetti, Cristian"
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Mutated clones are the new normal
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (07-06-2019)“…Measuring and understanding the dynamics of clonal cell populations is key for cancer prevention Cancers are formed by the expansion of harmful “mutational…”
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Stem cell divisions, somatic mutations, cancer etiology, and cancer prevention
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (24-03-2017)“…Cancers are caused by mutations that may be inherited, induced by environmental factors, or result from DNA replication errors (R). We studied the relationship…”
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Half or more of the somatic mutations in cancers of self-renewing tissues originate prior to tumor initiation
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (05-02-2013)“…Although it has been hypothesized that some of the somatic mutations found in tumors may occur before tumor initiation, there is little experimental or…”
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Only three driver gene mutations are required for the development of lung and colorectal cancers
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (06-01-2015)“…Significance The number of driver events required for human tumorigenesis has remained one of the fundamental issues in cancer research since the seminal…”
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Circulating Tumor DNA Analysis Guiding Adjuvant Therapy in Stage II Colon Cancer
Published in The New England journal of medicine (16-06-2022)“…In a randomized, controlled trial, a ctDNA-guided approach to the postsurgical treatment of stage II colon cancer reduced adjuvant chemotherapy use without…”
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Role of symmetric and asymmetric division of stem cells in developing drug resistance
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (28-09-2010)“…Often, resistance to drugs is an obstacle to a successful treatment of cancer. In spite of the importance of the problem, the actual mechanisms that control…”
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Cancer prevention: Molecular and epidemiologic consensus
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (28-09-2018)“…Research in many fields emphasizes the value of prevention Prevention of any disease can occur at two levels: (i) avoiding or reducing risk factors coupled…”
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Evaluating cancer etiology and risk with a mathematical model of tumor evolution
Published in Nature communications (24-11-2022)“…Recent evidence arising from DNA sequencing of healthy human tissues has clearly indicated that our organs accumulate a relevant number of somatic mutations…”
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Detection and localization of surgically resectable cancers with a multi-analyte blood test
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (23-02-2018)“…Earlier detection is key to reducing cancer deaths. Here, we describe a blood test that can detect eight common cancer types through assessment of the levels…”
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On the slope of the regression between stem cell divisions and cancer risk, and the lack of correlation between stem cell divisions and environmental factors-associated cancer risk
Published in PloS one (16-05-2017)“…Little et al. [1] misrepresent our findings [2] by making incorrect statements that are similar to those previously found in some media. The problem with these…”
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Combined circulating tumor DNA and protein biomarker-based liquid biopsy for the earlier detection of pancreatic cancers
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (19-09-2017)“…The earlier diagnosis of cancer is one of the keys to reducing cancer deaths in the future. Here we describe our efforts to develop a noninvasive blood test…”
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Genome-wide quantification of rare somatic mutations in normal human tissues using massively parallel sequencing
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (30-08-2016)“…We present the bottleneck sequencing system (BotSeqS), a next-generation sequencing method that simultaneously quantifies rare somatic point mutations across…”
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Cancer-Associated Mutations in Endometriosis without Cancer
Published in The New England journal of medicine (11-05-2017)“…Genetic analysis of endometriotic lesions from 39 patients revealed mutations in cancer driver genes in 26%. In some patients, the same mutation was present in…”
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Circulating tumor DNA dynamics and recurrence risk in patients undergoing curative intent resection of colorectal cancer liver metastases: A prospective cohort study
Published in PLoS medicine (03-05-2021)“…In patients with resectable colorectal liver metastases (CRLM), the role of pre- and postoperative systemic therapy continues to be debated. Previous studies…”
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Detection of low-frequency DNA variants by targeted sequencing of the Watson and Crick strands
Published in Nature biotechnology (01-10-2021)“…Identification and quantification of low-frequency mutations remain challenging despite improvements in the baseline error rate of next-generation sequencing…”
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Incidence and distribution of UroSEEK gene panel in a multi-institutional cohort of bladder urothelial carcinoma
Published in Modern pathology (01-10-2019)“…Noninvasive approaches for early detection of bladder cancer are actively being investigated. We recently developed a urine- based molecular assay for the…”
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Prognostic significance of postsurgery circulating tumor DNA in nonmetastatic colorectal cancer: Individual patient pooled analysis of three cohort studies
Published in International journal of cancer (15-02-2021)“…Studies in multiple solid tumor types have demonstrated the prognostic significance of ctDNA analysis after curative intent surgery. A combined analysis of…”
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Genomic landscape and evolutionary trajectories of ovarian cancer precursor lesions
Published in The Journal of pathology (01-05-2019)“…The clonal relationship between ovarian high‐grade serous carcinoma (HGSC) and its presumed precursor lesion, serous tubal intraepithelial carcinoma (STIC),…”
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Evaluation of liquid from the Papanicolaou test and other liquid biopsies for the detection of endometrial and ovarian cancers
Published in Science translational medicine (21-03-2018)“…We report the detection of endometrial and ovarian cancers based on genetic analyses of DNA recovered from the fluids obtained during a routine Papanicolaou…”
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Non-invasive detection of urothelial cancer through the analysis of driver gene mutations and aneuploidy
Published in eLife (20-03-2018)“…Current non-invasive approaches for detection of urothelial cancers are suboptimal. We developed a test to detect urothelial neoplasms using DNA recovered from…”
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