Attribution of Cancer Origins to Endogenous, Exogenous, and Preventable Mutational Processes
Cannataro VL, Mandell JD, Townsend JP. Attribution of Cancer Origins to Endogenous, Exogenous, and Preventable Mutational Processes. Molecular Biology And Evolution 2022, 39: msac084. PMID: 35580068, PMCID: PMC9113445, DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msac084.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBurden of cancerPublic health strategiesWhole-exome sequencingTobacco exposureLung cancerProstate adenocarcinomaBreast cancerCancer effectsHealth strategiesOncogenic driversCancer originCancer typesCancer cell lineagesCancerPathogen exposureExogenous mutational processesMajority of mutationsTumorsSingle nucleotide variantsPreventable processActivity accountsSurvivalOncogenic variantsCell lineagesProliferationPremetastatic shifts of endogenous and exogenous mutational processes support consolidative therapy in EGFR-driven lung adenocarcinoma
Fisk JN, Mahal AR, Dornburg A, Gaffney SG, Aneja S, Contessa JN, Rimm D, Yu JB, Townsend JP. Premetastatic shifts of endogenous and exogenous mutational processes support consolidative therapy in EGFR-driven lung adenocarcinoma. Cancer Letters 2021, 526: 346-351. PMID: 34780851, PMCID: PMC8702484, DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2021.11.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMutational processesSingle ancestral lineageAncestral lineageProgression of cancerMetastatic lineagesPhylogenetic analysisGenetic resistanceEvolutionary processesExogenous mutational processesCancer evolutionConsolidative therapyMutational signature analysisEGFR-positive non-small cell lung cancerNon-small cell lung cancerKey eventsLineagesCell populationsTherapeutic resistanceLocal consolidative therapyClinical time courseCell lung cancerDisease etiologyTherapeutic decision makingCisplatin therapyLung cancer