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Somatic POLEproofreading domain mutation, immune response, and prognosis in colorectal cancer: a retrospective, pooled biomarker study

Authors :
Domingo, Enric
Freeman-Mills, Luke
Rayner, Emily
Glaire, Mark
Briggs, Sarah
Vermeulen, Louis
Fessler, Evelyn
Medema, Jan Paul
Boot, Arnoud
Morreau, Hans
van Wezel, Tom
Liefers, Gerrit-Jan
Lothe, Ragnhild A
Danielsen, Stine A
Sveen, Anita
Nesbakken, Arild
Zlobec, Inti
Lugli, Alessandro
Koelzer, Viktor H
Berger, Martin D
Castellví-Bel, Sergi
Muñoz, Jenifer
de Bruyn, Marco
Nijman, Hans W
Novelli, Marco
Lawson, Kay
Oukrif, Dahmane
Frangou, Eleni
Dutton, Peter
Tejpar, Sabine
Delorenzi, Mauro
Kerr, Rachel
Kerr, David
Tomlinson, Ian
Church, David N
Source :
The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology; November 2016, Vol. 1 Issue: 3 p207-216, 10p
Publication Year :
2016

Abstract

Precision cancer medicine depends on defining distinct tumour subgroups using biomarkers that may occur at very modest frequencies. One such subgroup comprises patients with exceptionally mutated (ultramutated) cancers caused by mutations that impair DNA polymerase epsilon (POLE) proofreading.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
24681253
Volume :
1
Issue :
3
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
ejs40206393
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(16)30014-0