ABSTRACT: These samples are from locally advanced breast cancers that have been treated with epirubicin monotherapy before surgery. We will sequence some samples from patients with good response to the therapy and some with poor response to the therapy.
Project description:These samples are from locally advanced breast cancers that have been treated with epirubicin monotherapy before surgery. We will sequence some samples from patients with good response to the therapy and some with poor response to the therapy.
Project description:Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT) followed by surgery is the standard treatment for locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC). However, there are no good predictive methods. This study investigated whether specific lncRNA expression is associated with response to CRT. Tissue biopsies were obtained from patients before CRT. LncRNA expression was analyzed using one-color microarrays technique comparing signatures between good respondersand poor responders, as measured by tumour regression grade (TRG).
Project description:EORTC 10994 phase III breast cancer clinical trial comparing FEC (5-fluorouracil, cyclophosphamide, epirubicin) with ET (epirubicin, docetaxel). 161 needle biopsies of locally advanced or large operable breast tumours were hybridised to Affymetrix X3P chips. The array data from the ER negative tumours (28/65 pathological CR in the FEC arm, 27/59 pathological CR in the ET arm) were used to validate the cell line-based chemotherapy response predictors developed by the Potti/Nevins group at Duke University (doi:10.1038/nm1491). Experiment Overall Design: We analyzed 161 arrays of breast carcinoma.
Project description:Background and Purpose: The current standard of care for locally advanced esophageal and gastroesophageal junctional cancer is neoadjuvant chemoradiation (NCRT) followed by surgery. The genomic and proteomic pathways responsible for response to neoadjuvant chemoradiation are sparsely described, and thus response to treatment cannot be reliably predicted. In this study, we performed an in-depth proteomic analysis of esophageal and gastroesophageal tumors, to describe differences in pathway activation between patients with good and poor prognosis following neoadjuvant chemoradiation. Materials and Methods: This study included locally advanced esophageal and gastroesophageal cancer patients treated with NCRT. The study cohort was dichotomized into two groups of patients- good prognosis (GP) and bad prognosis (BP) according to the post-operative disease-free interval. We performed a mass spectrometry analysis of proteins extracted from the malignant regions of surgical specimens and analyzed data from electronic medical records. Clinical data was correlated with differences in protein expression between GP and BP using validated gene expression pathways. Results: The study included thirty-five patients with adenocarcinoma. GP and BP had statistically significant differences in protein expression patterns. GP exhibited differential enrichment of pathways related to cellular respiration, oxidative phosphorylation and proteins of the RAS oncogene family. Conclusion: In this study we identify enrichment of pathways related to oxidative phosphorylation and RAS oncogene pathway in esophageal cancer patients with a favorable response to NCRT. Larger transcriptomic studies are warranted to portray potential surrogate signature of biomarkers based upon these potential pathways.
Project description:EORTC 10994 phase III breast cancer clinical trial comparing FEC (5-fluorouracil, cyclophosphamide, epirubicin) with ET (epirubicin, docetaxel). 161 needle biopsies of locally advanced or large operable breast tumours were hybridised to Affymetrix X3P chips. The array data from the ER negative tumours (28/65 pathological CR in the FEC arm, 27/59 pathological CR in the ET arm) were used to validate the cell line-based chemotherapy response predictors developed by the Potti/Nevins group at Duke University (doi:10.1038/nm1491). Keywords: Tumour profiling
Project description:Exosomal miRNAs involved in response to anti-PD-1/PD-L1 monotherapy in advanced NSCLC patients were successfully identified through the microoarray analysis.
Project description:Androgen ablation therapy (AAT) is standard treatment for locally-advanced/metastatic prostate cancer (PCa). Many patients develop castration-resistance (CRPCa) after ~2-3 years, with a poor prognosis. The molecular mechanisms underlying CRPCa progression are unclear. mRNA-Seq was performed on tumours from 7 patients with locally-advanced/metastatic PCa before and ~22 weeks after AAT initiation. Differentially regulated genes were identified in treatment pairs. Tumour biopsies from 7 patients were taken before and after AAT treatment
Project description:This phase I/II neoadjuvant trial determined maximally-tolerated doses (MTD), dose-limiting toxicities (DLT), response-to-therapy, and explored the role of new response biomarkers. The combination regimens were delivered with acceptable toxicity, good clinical response, inducing changes in tumor RNA content and integrity. Pre-treatment gene expressions impacted clinical response, including several near 17q12, which with ERBB2, may better identify chemoresponsiveness. The NCIC Clinical Trials Group MA.22 phase I/II clinical trial (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT00066443) sought to determine the optimal dosing regimens for docetaxel/epirubicin combination chemotherapy in women with locally advanced (over 95% of patients) or inflammatory breast cancer. The protocol was approved by Health Canada and local Ethics Review Boards, and patients provided written, informed consent. Various doses of epirubicin and docetaxel were administered to patients in either a standard q3 weekly (Schedule A) or dose dense q2 weekly (Schedule B) regimen. Doses for Schedule A were 75 mg/m2 IV of docetaxel and 75, 90, 105, or 120 mg/m2 IV of epirubicin (with 6 mg of pegfilgrastim per cycle on day 2 to prevent neutropenia). Doses for both docetaxel and epirubicin in Schedule B were 50, 60, and 70 mg/m2 IV (with identical pegfilgrastim support). For each schedule, phase I was dose finding for phase II. Patients were allocated to the various phases and dosing regimens of the trial without randomization. None of the patients received trastuzumab in the initial years of the study and HER2+ patients were not enrolled on study, once trastuzumab funding became available. Six tumor biopsy cores were obtained pre-, mid-, and post-treatment: 3 cores for pathologic assessment; 3 cores for microarray studies. Total RNA was isolated from these cores and RNA integrity was assessed using Agilent Bioanalyzer. One of the RNA samples with the best quality was used for microarray study. One colour microarray of Agilent whole human genome nucleotide arrays was conducted with one array per patient. The current data set represents pre-treatment set. MA.22 clinical trial accrued T3N0, any N2 or N3, and T4 breast cancer patients (according to the classification described at; http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/2007112-overview). However, since the current study does not focus on the tumor grade/stage, the information was not provided in the current records.
Project description:The goal of the study was to identify a gene expression signature capable of predicting a pathological complete response following neoadjuvant anthracycline-based chemotherapy of breast cancer. The samples were taken from the FEC arm (5-fluorouracil, epirubicin, cyclophosphamide) of the EORTC 10994 trial. EORTC 10994 is a phase III clinical trial comparing FEC with ET (epirubicin, docetaxel) in patients with large operable, locally advanced or inflammatory breast cancer (www.eortc.be). Frozen biopsies were taken at randomisation. RNA was extracted from 100um thickness of 14G core needle biopsies. Adjacent sections were tested by H&E to confirm >20% tumour cell content. 200 ng total RNA per chip was amplified using the Affymetrix small sample protocol (IVT then Enzo). 102 tumours were tested on Affymetrix X3P chips. Single biopsies were tested per tumour. The CEL files were quantile normalised using rma. The clinical response measure was pathological complete response (pCR, disappearance of the tumour after chemotherapy with at most scattered invasive cells detected by histology). 102 tumors
Project description:Androgen ablation therapy (AAT) is standard treatment for locally-advanced/metastatic prostate cancer (PCa). Many patients develop castration-resistance (CRPCa) after ~2-3 years, with a poor prognosis. The molecular mechanisms underlying CRPCa progression are unclear. mRNA-Seq was performed on tumours from 7 patients with locally-advanced/metastatic PCa before and ~22 weeks after AAT initiation. Differentially regulated genes were identified in treatment pairs.
