2025
KRAS G12C-associated immunotherapy benefit in NSCLC is substantially mediated by tobacco-induced tumor mutation burden, not allele-specific effects
Liu M, Townsend J. KRAS G12C-associated immunotherapy benefit in NSCLC is substantially mediated by tobacco-induced tumor mutation burden, not allele-specific effects. Lung Cancer 2025, 108749. DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2025.108749.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-small cell lung cancerImmune-checkpoint inhibitionTumor mutational burdenMutational burdenG12C mutationLung adenocarcinomaElevated tumor mutation burdenHigh tumor mutational burdenOncogenic potentialCell lung cancerKRAS G12C mutationImmunotherapy benefitICI outcomesSmoking historyLung cancerG12D mutationHazard ratioAllele-specific effectsKRASClinical trendsKRAS G12CResponse rateTumorG12CMutationsPrecision projections of the delay of resistance mutations in non-small cell lung cancer via suppression of APOBEC
Nousias O, Mandell J, Anderson K, Townsend J. Precision projections of the delay of resistance mutations in non-small cell lung cancer via suppression of APOBEC. Lung Cancer 2025, 202: 108487. PMID: 40090261, DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2025.108487.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-small cell lung cancer patientsNon-small cell lung cancerCell lung cancer patientsCell lung cancerLung cancer patientsEvolution of drug resistanceLung cancerDrug resistanceCancer patientsTyrosine kinase inhibitor therapyKinase inhibitor therapyTyrosine kinase inhibitorsPersonalized therapeutic strategiesTKI therapyInhibitor therapyTherapeutic failureResistance mutationsTherapeutic efficacyKinase inhibitorsAPOBEC mutationsTherapeutic strategiesTreatment efficacyCancer progressionImprove outcomesCancer
2021
Premetastatic 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
2017
Mutation profiles in early-stage lung squamous cell carcinoma with clinical follow-up and correlation with markers of immune function
Choi M, Kadara H, Zhang J, Parra ER, Rodriguez-Canales J, Gaffney SG, Zhao Z, Behrens C, Fujimoto J, Chow C, Kim K, Kalhor N, Moran C, Rimm D, Swisher S, Gibbons DL, Heymach J, Kaftan E, Townsend JP, Lynch TJ, Schlessinger J, Lee J, Lifton RP, Herbst RS, Wistuba II. Mutation profiles in early-stage lung squamous cell carcinoma with clinical follow-up and correlation with markers of immune function. Annals Of Oncology 2017, 28: 83-89. PMID: 28177435, PMCID: PMC6246501, DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdw437.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLung squamous cell carcinomaEarly stage lung squamous cell carcinomaNon-small cell lung cancerSquamous cell carcinomaWhole-exome sequencingImmune markersClinical outcomesCell carcinomaPIK3CA mutationsExact testPoor recurrence-free survivalProportional hazards regression modelsTumoral PD-L1 expressionPD-L1 expressionRecurrence-free survivalCell lung cancerComprehensive immune profilingTP53 mutant tumorsHazards regression modelsNormal lung tissuesFisher's exact testLUSC cohortAdjuvant therapyImmune profilingPoor prognosis
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