Publications by authors named "Alice Kieny"

Background: Advanced mycosis fungoides (MF) and Sézary syndrome (SS) are rare, aggressive cutaneous T-cell lymphomas that may be difficult to treat. Mogamulizumab is a recent monoclonal antibody targeting the CCR4 receptor expressed on the surface of Sézary cells. It can be prescribed in MF/SS stages III to IV in the second line after systemic therapy or in stages IB-II after two unsuccessful systemic therapies.

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Gastrointestinal tract ganglioneuromatosis is a rare condition, which is isolated or included in a syndromique disease. Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 is the most frequently associated syndrome. Association with type 1 neurofibromatosis has also been established, but much rarely.

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In melanoma, initiating oncogenic mutations in BRAF or NRAS are detected in premalignant lesions that accumulate additional mutations and genomic instability as the tumor evolves to the metastatic state. Here we investigate evolution of clonal composition and neoantigen landscape in an atypical melanoma displaying recurrent cutaneous lesions over a 6-year period without development of extracutaneous metastases. Whole exome sequencing of four cutaneous lesions taken during the 6-year period identified a collection of single nucleotide variants and small insertions and deletions shared among all tumors, along with progressive selection of subclones displaying fewer single nucleotide variants.

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Merkel Cell Carcinoma (MCC) is an aggressive skin cancer with an increasing incidence. Population-based epidemiologic data about MCC in France are rare. Our study aims to describe the epidemiology of MCC in Bas-Rhin, Northeastern of France, between 1985 and 2013.

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Understanding tumor heterogeneity is an important challenge in current cancer research. Transcription and epigenetic profiling of cultured melanoma cells have defined at least two distinct cell phenotypes characterized by distinctive gene expression signatures associated with high or low/absent expression of microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (MITF). Nevertheless, heterogeneity of cell populations and gene expression in primary human tumors is much less well characterized.

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