2014
Cross-cancer pleiotropic analysis of endometrial cancer: PAGE and E2C2 consortia
Setiawan VW, Schumacher F, Prescott J, Haessler J, Malinowski J, Wentzensen N, Yang H, Chanock S, Brinton L, Hartge P, Lissowska J, Park SL, Cheng I, Bush WS, Crawford DC, Ursin G, Horn-Ross P, Bernstein L, Lu L, Risch H, Yu H, Sakoda LC, Doherty J, Chen C, Jackson R, Yasmeen S, Cote M, Kocarnik JM, Peters U, Kraft P, De Vivo I, Haiman CA, Kooperberg C, Le Marchand L. Cross-cancer pleiotropic analysis of endometrial cancer: PAGE and E2C2 consortia. Carcinogenesis 2014, 35: 2068-2073. PMID: 24832084, PMCID: PMC4146418, DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgu107.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEndometrial cancer riskEndometrial cancerCancer riskSingle nucleotide polymorphismsEndometrial Cancer ConsortiumEndometrial cancer casesBody mass indexProstate cancer riskMultiple cancer sitesEvidence of heterogeneityMass indexCancer sitesProstate cancerBonferroni-corrected P valueCancer casesCancer-associated single nucleotide polymorphismsCancer ConsortiumGenome-wide association studiesCancerStatistical significanceP-valueEpidemiologyRiskBiological mechanismsEuropean ancestryThe KRAS-Variant and miRNA Expression in RTOG Endometrial Cancer Clinical Trials 9708 and 9905
Lee LJ, Ratner E, Uduman M, Winter K, Boeke M, Greven KM, King S, Burke TW, Underhill K, Kim H, Boulware RJ, Yu H, Parkash V, Lu L, Gaffney D, Dicker AP, Weidhaas J. The KRAS-Variant and miRNA Expression in RTOG Endometrial Cancer Clinical Trials 9708 and 9905. PLOS ONE 2014, 9: e94167. PMID: 24732316, PMCID: PMC3986055, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094167.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEndometrial cancer riskType 2 endometrial cancerEndometrial cancerKRAS-variantCancer riskLymphovascular invasionSurvival outcomesTumor biologyType 1 endometrial cancerEndometrial cancer trialsOverall survival rateMiRNA expressionAge-matched controlsCase-control analysisFunctional germline variantsClinical characteristicsPatient ageTumor characteristicsCancer trialsTumor specimensSurvival rateType 1Germline variantsMiRNA expression levelsCancer
2011
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 analysisPatients