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ReviewTrends in cancer2024

Fusion genes in pancreatic tumors.

Anastasios Gkountakos, Aatur D Singhi, C Benedikt Westphalen, Aldo Scarpa, Claudio Luchini

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Review in Trends in cancer, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Anastasios GkountakosARC-Net Research Center, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Aatur D SinghiDepartment of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
C Benedikt WestphalenDepartment of Medicine III and Comprehensive Cancer Centre (CCC), LMU University Hospital Munich and German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner Site Munich, Munich, Germany.
Aldo ScarpaARC-Net Research Center, University of Verona, Verona, Italy; Department of Diagnostics and Public Health, Section of Pathology, University and Hospital Trust of Verona, Verona, Italy. Electronic address: aldo.scarpa@univr.it.
Claudio LuchiniARC-Net Research Center, University of Verona, Verona, Italy; Department of Diagnostics and Public Health, Section of Pathology, University and Hospital Trust of Verona, Verona, Italy. Electronic address: claudio.luchini@univr.it.

Funding

The Prognostic Significance and Mechanistic Determination of Chromatin Remodeling Biomarkers in Non-Functional Pancreatic Neuroendocrine TumorR37CA263622 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Aatur Dilip Singhi · 2021 to 2026
$3.4M
NCI NIH HHS R37 CA263622
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gene fusions and rearrangements play a crucial role in tumor biology. They are rare events typically detected in KRAS wild-type (WT) pancreatic tumors. Their identification can inform clinical management by enabling precision oncology, as fusions involving BRAF, FGFR2, RET, NTRK, NRG1, and ALK represent actionable targets in KRAS-WT cancers, and serve diagnostic purposes since fusions involving PRKACA/B represent the diagnostic hallmark of intraductal oncocytic papillary neoplasms (IOPNs). Although they are rare, the therapeutic and diagnostic importance of these genomic events should not be underestimated, highlighting the need for quality-ensured molecular diagnostics in the management of cancer. Herein we review the existing literature on the role of fusion genes in pancreatic tumors and their clinical potential as effective biomarkers and therapeutic targets.

Indexed as

Oncogene Proteins, FusionPancreatic NeoplasmsAnaplastic Lymphoma KinaseBiomarkers, TumorGene FusionHumansNeuregulin-1Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafProto-Oncogene Proteins c-retReceptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 2Receptor, trkAAnaplastic Lymphoma KinaseBiomarkers, TumorNeuregulin-1Oncogene Proteins, FusionProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafProto-Oncogene Proteins c-retReceptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 2Receptor, trkAfusionfusion genefusionspancreatic cancerpancreatic neoplasmsprecision oncology

Identifiers

PMID38378317
PMCPMC13526370

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