A KRAS variant is a biomarker of poor outcome, platinum chemotherapy resistance and a potential target for therapy in ovarian cancer
Ratner ES, Keane FK, Lindner R, Tassi RA, Paranjape T, Glasgow M, Nallur S, Deng Y, Lu L, Steele L, Sand S, Muller RU, Bignotti E, Bellone S, Boeke M, Yao X, Pecorelli S, Ravaggi A, Katsaros D, Zelterman D, Cristea MC, Yu H, Rutherford TJ, Weitzel JN, Neuhausen SL, Schwartz PE, Slack FJ, Santin AD, Weidhaas JB. A KRAS variant is a biomarker of poor outcome, platinum chemotherapy resistance and a potential target for therapy in ovarian cancer. Oncogene 2011, 31: 4559-4566. PMID: 22139083, PMCID: PMC3342446, DOI: 10.1038/onc.2011.539.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords3' Untranslated RegionsAgedAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBiomarkers, TumorBRCA1 ProteinBRCA2 ProteinCarboplatinCell Line, TumorCell SurvivalDrug Resistance, NeoplasmFemaleGenotypeHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisMutationNeoplasms, Glandular and EpithelialOvarian NeoplasmsPaclitaxelPolymorphism, Single NucleotidePrognosisProto-Oncogene ProteinsProto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)Ras ProteinsRNA InterferenceTreatment OutcomeConceptsEpithelial ovarian cancerEOC patientsKRAS-variantOvarian cancerPoor outcomeCancer riskTumor biologyPlatinum resistanceComplete clinical dataBiomarkers of outcomeDirect targetingEOC cell growthKnown BRCA mutationsFuture treatment approachesSubset of tumorsPlatinum chemotherapy resistanceCell linesNeoadjuvant chemotherapyBRCA mutationsClinical dataTreatment approachesChemotherapy resistanceKRAS oncogeneMultivariate analysisPatientsMicroRNA let-7a: A potential marker for selection of paclitaxel in ovarian cancer management
Lu L, Schwartz P, Scarampi L, Rutherford T, Canuto EM, Yu H, Katsaros D. MicroRNA let-7a: A potential marker for selection of paclitaxel in ovarian cancer management. Gynecologic Oncology 2011, 122: 366-371. PMID: 21571355, DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2011.04.033.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow let-7aDisease progressionLet-7aSurvival analysisEpithelial ovarian cancer patientsPlatinum-based chemotherapyOvarian cancer managementOvarian cancer patientsAddition of paclitaxelType of treatmentLet-7a expressionOvarian cancer resistanceOverall survivalDifferent chemotherapyEOC patientsPatient survivalSurvival outcomesDisease stageOvarian tumorsCancer patientsTumor gradeDisease outcomeCancer managementBetter survivalEOC survival