Publications by authors named "J Thery"

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  • Sarcomas are not typically associated with Lynch Syndrome (LS), but recent literature suggests a connection, prompting a national study to investigate their characteristics in LS patients.
  • The SarcLynch study included 81 patients, finding that 83% had soft-tissue sarcomas, particularly pleomorphic variants like undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma and pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma, with 40% having sarcoma as their first cancer event.
  • Results showed a high prevalence of mismatch repair deficiency and promising responses to immune checkpoint inhibitors, suggesting the need for screening and potential immunotherapy for these sarcomas.
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Aging of the epidermis partially occurs as a consequence of epidermal cell senescence, a non-proliferative state in which cells remain metabolically active and acquire changes in their secretome. We previously reported that senescent normal human epidermal keratinocytes (NHEKs) have two opposite outcomes: either cell death by excess of autophagic activity or escape from senescence to give rise to post-senescence neoplastic emerging (PSNE) cells. In this study, we investigated the role of PTGS2, the inducible enzyme of the prostaglandin biosynthesis pathway, in the onset of NHEK senescence and in the switch from senescence to pre-transformation.

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Supporting children of affected parents by cancer is challenging whether for patients, families and healthcare teams. Several care methods have been developed to support these children (e.g.

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Importance: In ERBB2 (formerly HER2)-positive metastatic breast cancer (MBC), combining trastuzumab and pertuzumab with taxane-based chemotherapy is the first line of standard care. Given that trastuzumab plus pertuzumab was proven effective in ERBB2-positive MBC, even without chemotherapy, whether the optimal first-line strategy could be trastuzumab plus pertuzumab alone instead of with chemotherapy is unresolved.

Objective: To assess overall survival (OS) at 2 years and progression-free survival (PFS) for patients randomly assigned to receive first-line pertuzumab plus trastuzumab alone or with chemotherapy followed by trastuzumab and emtansine at progression; PFS of second-line trastuzumab and emtansine treatment following trastuzumab plus pertuzumab; and OS and PFS in the ERBB2-enriched and ERBB2-nonenriched subtypes.

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  • Breast cancer detection and prognosis are difficult due to the need for effective biomarkers, and the role of circRNAs in this process is being explored.
  • Researchers created a new method called SEALigHTS to study the interplay between circular RNAs and mRNAs in breast tissue samples.
  • Their findings indicate that the balance between circRNAs and mRNAs is disrupted in tumor tissues, supporting the idea that this imbalance contributes to the development of breast cancer.
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