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Chang C, Chen YL, Wang YW, Chen HW, Hsu CW, Lin KC, Ou YC, Liu T, Chen WL, Chu CA, Ho CL, Lee CT, Chow NH. Aberrant trophoblastic differentiation in human cancer: An emerging novel therapeutic target (Review). Oncol Rep 2024; 51:43. [PMID: 38240107 PMCID: PMC10823338 DOI: 10.3892/or.2024.8701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2023] [Accepted: 06/15/2023] [Indexed: 01/23/2024] Open
Abstract
Various types of human cancer may develop aberrant trophoblastic differentiation, including histological changes and altered expression of β‑human chorionic gonadotropin (β‑hCG). Aberrant trophoblastic differentiation in epithelial cancer is usually associated with poor differentiation, tumor metastasis, unfavorable prognosis and treatment resistance. Since β‑hCG‑targeting vaccines have failed in an early phase II trial, it is crucial to obtain a better understanding of the molecular pathogenesis of trophoblastic differentiation in human cancer. The present review summarizes the clinical and translational research on this topic with the aim of accelerating the development of an effective targeted therapy. Ectopic expression of β‑hCG promotes proliferation, migration, invasion, vasculogenesis and epithelial‑mesenchymal transition (EMT) in vitro, and enhances metastatic and tumorigenic capabilities in vivo. Signaling cascades modulated by β‑hCG include the TGF‑β receptor pathway, EMT‑related pathways, the c‑MET receptor tyrosine kinase and mitogen‑activated protein kinase/ERK pathways, and the SMAD2/4 pathway. Taken together, these findings indicated that TGF‑β receptors, c‑MET and ERK1/2 are potential therapeutic targets. Nevertheless, further investigation on the molecular basis of aberrant trophoblastic differentiation is mandatory to improve the design of precision therapy for this aggressive type of human cancer.
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- Chen Chang
- Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan, R.O.C
- Department of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan 704, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- Department of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan 704, Taiwan, R.O.C
- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan, R.O.C
- Molecular Medicine Core Laboratory, Research Center of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 704, Taiwan, R.O.C
- Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, Department of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 704, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- Department of Dental Technology, Shu-Zen Junior College of Medicine and Management, Kaohsiung 821, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- Department of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan 704, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- Department of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan 704, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- Department of Urology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 704, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- Department of Urology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 704, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- The Institute of Bioinformatics and Biosignal Transduction, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan, R.O.C
- Bioinformatics Core Laboratory, Research Center of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 704, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- Department of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan 704, Taiwan, R.O.C
- Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, Department of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 704, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- Department of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan 704, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan, R.O.C
- Department of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan 704, Taiwan, R.O.C
- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan, R.O.C
- Molecular Medicine Core Laboratory, Research Center of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 704, Taiwan, R.O.C
- Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, Department of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 704, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan, R.O.C
- Department of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan 704, Taiwan, R.O.C
- Molecular Medicine Core Laboratory, Research Center of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 704, Taiwan, R.O.C
- Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, Department of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 704, Taiwan, R.O.C
- The Institute of Molecular Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan, R.O.C
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Choueiri TK, Jacobus S, Bellmunt J, Qu A, Appleman LJ, Tretter C, Bubley GJ, Stack EC, Signoretti S, Walsh M, Steele G, Hirsch M, Sweeney CJ, Taplin ME, Kibel AS, Krajewski KM, Kantoff PW, Ross RW, Rosenberg JE. Neoadjuvant dose-dense methotrexate, vinblastine, doxorubicin, and cisplatin with pegfilgrastim support in muscle-invasive urothelial cancer: pathologic, radiologic, and biomarker correlates. J Clin Oncol 2014; 32:1889-94. [PMID: 24821883 PMCID: PMC7057274 DOI: 10.1200/jco.2013.52.4785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 197] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
Abstract
PURPOSE In advanced urothelial cancer, treatment with dose-dense methotrexate, vinblastine, doxorubicin, and cisplatin (ddMVAC) results in a high response rate, less toxicity, and few dosing delays. We explored the efficacy and safety of neoadjuvant ddMVAC with pegfilgrastim support in muscle-invasive urothelial cancer (MIUC). PATIENTS AND METHODS Patients with cT2-cT4, N0-1, M0 MIUC were enrolled. Four cycles of ddMVAC were administered, followed by radical cystectomy. The primary end point was pathologic response (PaR) defined by pathologic downstaging to ≤ pT1N0M0. The study used Simon's optimal two-stage design to evaluate null and alternative hypotheses of PaR rate of 35% versus 55%. Secondary end points included toxicity, disease-free survival (DFS), radiologic response (RaR), and biomarker correlates, including ERCC1. RESULTS Between December 2008 and April 2012, 39 patients (cT2N0, 33%; cT3N0, 18%; cT4N0, 3%; cT2-4N1, 43%; unspecified, 3%) were enrolled. Median follow-up was 2 years. Overall, 49% (80% CI, 38 to 61) achieved PaR of ≤ pT1N0M0, and we concluded this regimen was effective. High-grade (grade ≥ 3) toxicities were observed in 10% of patients, with no neutropenic fevers or treatment-related death. One-year DFS was 89% versus 67% for patients who achieved PaR compared with those who did not (hazard ratio [HR], 2.6; 95% CI, 0.8 to 8.1; P = .08) and 86% versus 62% for patients who achieved RaR compared with those who did not (HR, 4.1; 95% CI, 1.3 to 12.5; P = .009). We found no association between serum tumor markers or ERCC1 expression with response or survival. CONCLUSION In patients with MIUC, neoadjuvant ddMVAC was well tolerated and resulted in significant pathologic and radiologic downstaging.
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- Toni K Choueiri
- Toni K. Choueiri, Susanna Jacobus, Joaquim Bellmunt, Angela Qu, Edward C. Stack, Sabina Signoretti, Meghara Walsh, Graeme Steele, Michelle Hirsch, Christopher J. Sweeney, Mary-Ellen Taplin, Adam S. Kibel, Katherine M. Krajewski, Philip W. Kantoff, Robert W. Ross, and Jonathan E. Rosenberg, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital; Christopher Tretter, Lahey Clinic, Burlington; Glenn J. Bubley, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; Leonard J. Appleman, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; and Jonathan E. Rosenberg, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY.
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- Toni K. Choueiri, Susanna Jacobus, Joaquim Bellmunt, Angela Qu, Edward C. Stack, Sabina Signoretti, Meghara Walsh, Graeme Steele, Michelle Hirsch, Christopher J. Sweeney, Mary-Ellen Taplin, Adam S. Kibel, Katherine M. Krajewski, Philip W. Kantoff, Robert W. Ross, and Jonathan E. Rosenberg, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital; Christopher Tretter, Lahey Clinic, Burlington; Glenn J. Bubley, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; Leonard J. Appleman, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; and Jonathan E. Rosenberg, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Toni K. Choueiri, Susanna Jacobus, Joaquim Bellmunt, Angela Qu, Edward C. Stack, Sabina Signoretti, Meghara Walsh, Graeme Steele, Michelle Hirsch, Christopher J. Sweeney, Mary-Ellen Taplin, Adam S. Kibel, Katherine M. Krajewski, Philip W. Kantoff, Robert W. Ross, and Jonathan E. Rosenberg, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital; Christopher Tretter, Lahey Clinic, Burlington; Glenn J. Bubley, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; Leonard J. Appleman, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; and Jonathan E. Rosenberg, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Toni K. Choueiri, Susanna Jacobus, Joaquim Bellmunt, Angela Qu, Edward C. Stack, Sabina Signoretti, Meghara Walsh, Graeme Steele, Michelle Hirsch, Christopher J. Sweeney, Mary-Ellen Taplin, Adam S. Kibel, Katherine M. Krajewski, Philip W. Kantoff, Robert W. Ross, and Jonathan E. Rosenberg, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital; Christopher Tretter, Lahey Clinic, Burlington; Glenn J. Bubley, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; Leonard J. Appleman, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; and Jonathan E. Rosenberg, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Toni K. Choueiri, Susanna Jacobus, Joaquim Bellmunt, Angela Qu, Edward C. Stack, Sabina Signoretti, Meghara Walsh, Graeme Steele, Michelle Hirsch, Christopher J. Sweeney, Mary-Ellen Taplin, Adam S. Kibel, Katherine M. Krajewski, Philip W. Kantoff, Robert W. Ross, and Jonathan E. Rosenberg, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital; Christopher Tretter, Lahey Clinic, Burlington; Glenn J. Bubley, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; Leonard J. Appleman, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; and Jonathan E. Rosenberg, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Toni K. Choueiri, Susanna Jacobus, Joaquim Bellmunt, Angela Qu, Edward C. Stack, Sabina Signoretti, Meghara Walsh, Graeme Steele, Michelle Hirsch, Christopher J. Sweeney, Mary-Ellen Taplin, Adam S. Kibel, Katherine M. Krajewski, Philip W. Kantoff, Robert W. Ross, and Jonathan E. Rosenberg, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital; Christopher Tretter, Lahey Clinic, Burlington; Glenn J. Bubley, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; Leonard J. Appleman, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; and Jonathan E. Rosenberg, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Toni K. Choueiri, Susanna Jacobus, Joaquim Bellmunt, Angela Qu, Edward C. Stack, Sabina Signoretti, Meghara Walsh, Graeme Steele, Michelle Hirsch, Christopher J. Sweeney, Mary-Ellen Taplin, Adam S. Kibel, Katherine M. Krajewski, Philip W. Kantoff, Robert W. Ross, and Jonathan E. Rosenberg, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital; Christopher Tretter, Lahey Clinic, Burlington; Glenn J. Bubley, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; Leonard J. Appleman, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; and Jonathan E. Rosenberg, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Toni K. Choueiri, Susanna Jacobus, Joaquim Bellmunt, Angela Qu, Edward C. Stack, Sabina Signoretti, Meghara Walsh, Graeme Steele, Michelle Hirsch, Christopher J. Sweeney, Mary-Ellen Taplin, Adam S. Kibel, Katherine M. Krajewski, Philip W. Kantoff, Robert W. Ross, and Jonathan E. Rosenberg, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital; Christopher Tretter, Lahey Clinic, Burlington; Glenn J. Bubley, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; Leonard J. Appleman, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; and Jonathan E. Rosenberg, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Toni K. Choueiri, Susanna Jacobus, Joaquim Bellmunt, Angela Qu, Edward C. Stack, Sabina Signoretti, Meghara Walsh, Graeme Steele, Michelle Hirsch, Christopher J. Sweeney, Mary-Ellen Taplin, Adam S. Kibel, Katherine M. Krajewski, Philip W. Kantoff, Robert W. Ross, and Jonathan E. Rosenberg, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital; Christopher Tretter, Lahey Clinic, Burlington; Glenn J. Bubley, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; Leonard J. Appleman, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; and Jonathan E. Rosenberg, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Toni K. Choueiri, Susanna Jacobus, Joaquim Bellmunt, Angela Qu, Edward C. Stack, Sabina Signoretti, Meghara Walsh, Graeme Steele, Michelle Hirsch, Christopher J. Sweeney, Mary-Ellen Taplin, Adam S. Kibel, Katherine M. Krajewski, Philip W. Kantoff, Robert W. Ross, and Jonathan E. Rosenberg, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital; Christopher Tretter, Lahey Clinic, Burlington; Glenn J. Bubley, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; Leonard J. Appleman, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; and Jonathan E. Rosenberg, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Toni K. Choueiri, Susanna Jacobus, Joaquim Bellmunt, Angela Qu, Edward C. Stack, Sabina Signoretti, Meghara Walsh, Graeme Steele, Michelle Hirsch, Christopher J. Sweeney, Mary-Ellen Taplin, Adam S. Kibel, Katherine M. Krajewski, Philip W. Kantoff, Robert W. Ross, and Jonathan E. Rosenberg, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital; Christopher Tretter, Lahey Clinic, Burlington; Glenn J. Bubley, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; Leonard J. Appleman, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; and Jonathan E. Rosenberg, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Toni K. Choueiri, Susanna Jacobus, Joaquim Bellmunt, Angela Qu, Edward C. Stack, Sabina Signoretti, Meghara Walsh, Graeme Steele, Michelle Hirsch, Christopher J. Sweeney, Mary-Ellen Taplin, Adam S. Kibel, Katherine M. Krajewski, Philip W. Kantoff, Robert W. Ross, and Jonathan E. Rosenberg, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital; Christopher Tretter, Lahey Clinic, Burlington; Glenn J. Bubley, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; Leonard J. Appleman, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; and Jonathan E. Rosenberg, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Toni K. Choueiri, Susanna Jacobus, Joaquim Bellmunt, Angela Qu, Edward C. Stack, Sabina Signoretti, Meghara Walsh, Graeme Steele, Michelle Hirsch, Christopher J. Sweeney, Mary-Ellen Taplin, Adam S. Kibel, Katherine M. Krajewski, Philip W. Kantoff, Robert W. Ross, and Jonathan E. Rosenberg, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital; Christopher Tretter, Lahey Clinic, Burlington; Glenn J. Bubley, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; Leonard J. Appleman, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; and Jonathan E. Rosenberg, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Toni K. Choueiri, Susanna Jacobus, Joaquim Bellmunt, Angela Qu, Edward C. Stack, Sabina Signoretti, Meghara Walsh, Graeme Steele, Michelle Hirsch, Christopher J. Sweeney, Mary-Ellen Taplin, Adam S. Kibel, Katherine M. Krajewski, Philip W. Kantoff, Robert W. Ross, and Jonathan E. Rosenberg, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital; Christopher Tretter, Lahey Clinic, Burlington; Glenn J. Bubley, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; Leonard J. Appleman, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; and Jonathan E. Rosenberg, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Toni K. Choueiri, Susanna Jacobus, Joaquim Bellmunt, Angela Qu, Edward C. Stack, Sabina Signoretti, Meghara Walsh, Graeme Steele, Michelle Hirsch, Christopher J. Sweeney, Mary-Ellen Taplin, Adam S. Kibel, Katherine M. Krajewski, Philip W. Kantoff, Robert W. Ross, and Jonathan E. Rosenberg, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital; Christopher Tretter, Lahey Clinic, Burlington; Glenn J. Bubley, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; Leonard J. Appleman, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; and Jonathan E. Rosenberg, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Toni K. Choueiri, Susanna Jacobus, Joaquim Bellmunt, Angela Qu, Edward C. Stack, Sabina Signoretti, Meghara Walsh, Graeme Steele, Michelle Hirsch, Christopher J. Sweeney, Mary-Ellen Taplin, Adam S. Kibel, Katherine M. Krajewski, Philip W. Kantoff, Robert W. Ross, and Jonathan E. Rosenberg, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital; Christopher Tretter, Lahey Clinic, Burlington; Glenn J. Bubley, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; Leonard J. Appleman, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; and Jonathan E. Rosenberg, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Toni K. Choueiri, Susanna Jacobus, Joaquim Bellmunt, Angela Qu, Edward C. Stack, Sabina Signoretti, Meghara Walsh, Graeme Steele, Michelle Hirsch, Christopher J. Sweeney, Mary-Ellen Taplin, Adam S. Kibel, Katherine M. Krajewski, Philip W. Kantoff, Robert W. Ross, and Jonathan E. Rosenberg, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital; Christopher Tretter, Lahey Clinic, Burlington; Glenn J. Bubley, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; Leonard J. Appleman, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; and Jonathan E. Rosenberg, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Toni K. Choueiri, Susanna Jacobus, Joaquim Bellmunt, Angela Qu, Edward C. Stack, Sabina Signoretti, Meghara Walsh, Graeme Steele, Michelle Hirsch, Christopher J. Sweeney, Mary-Ellen Taplin, Adam S. Kibel, Katherine M. Krajewski, Philip W. Kantoff, Robert W. Ross, and Jonathan E. Rosenberg, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital; Christopher Tretter, Lahey Clinic, Burlington; Glenn J. Bubley, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; Leonard J. Appleman, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; and Jonathan E. Rosenberg, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Toni K. Choueiri, Susanna Jacobus, Joaquim Bellmunt, Angela Qu, Edward C. Stack, Sabina Signoretti, Meghara Walsh, Graeme Steele, Michelle Hirsch, Christopher J. Sweeney, Mary-Ellen Taplin, Adam S. Kibel, Katherine M. Krajewski, Philip W. Kantoff, Robert W. Ross, and Jonathan E. Rosenberg, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital; Christopher Tretter, Lahey Clinic, Burlington; Glenn J. Bubley, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; Leonard J. Appleman, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; and Jonathan E. Rosenberg, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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