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Preventive oncology—lessons from preventive cardiology. Bruce E. Grim, MD, PhD. Many of the genes that drive tumorigenesis, and the biologic pathways and processes affected by oncogenic mutations, have now been identified.

Moreover, new molecular approaches have enabled the development of therapeutics that target specific oncogenic mutations, and advances in large-scale molecular biology are providing comprehensive descriptions of cancer genomes and allowing targeted therapies to be rationally applied to treat individual cancers. The goal of this chapter is to outline a framework for the molecular basis of cancer, and to describe established and emerging technologies being used to aid in cancer diagnosis, prognosis, and therapy.

When DNA is replicated, the strands separate and each provides a template for an exact complement to be synthesized. The human genome contains approximately 3 billion nucleotides partitioned among 23 chromosomes. Most human cells contain a complete genomic copy of DNA, but there are exceptions. Although its definition continues to evolve, in its most basic form a gene can be thought of as a DNA sequence that encodes a protein or a functional ribonucleic acid RNA. A The DNA double helix.

B A close-up of the molecular structure of DNA, showing hydrogen bonds between the two pairs of bases and the phosphodiester bonds between sugar molecules. Source: Wikibooks. Numerous DNA regulatory elements such as promoters which direct the site of transcription initiation and enhancers which increase transcription control mRNA expression Fig.

Many transcription factors bind directly to these DNA elements and, subsequently, recruit additional regulatory proteins into the transcription complex. Specific gene expression programs, thus, fundamentally drive many biologic processes, including growth and development, cellular differentiation, and neoplastic transformation. However, because most genes express alternatively spliced mRNAs leading to multiple different protein isoforms, the number of mRNAs and proteins far exceeds the number of genes.

It is estimated that the full set of human proteins, known as the proteome, contains , to 1 million distinct proteins. Epigenetic gene regulation, or epigenetics, refers to heritable, higher-order processes that can profoundly influence gene expression without mutating DNA.

Chromatin is highly dynamic and undergoes remodeling via two central epigenetic processes, histone modification and DNA methylation. Histones are modified covalently e. Epigenetic regulation also involves DNA modifications, most commonly cytosine methylation within cytosine—guanosine CG dinucleotides. Indeed, promoter methylation is one way that cancer cells inactivate tumor suppressor genes. Promoter, enhancer, and silencer regions yellow regulate the transcription of the gene to generate a pre-mRNA, which contains 5' and 3' untranslated regions green , protein coding regions orange , and introns light gray.

Further modifications, including addition of a 5' cap black and 3' poly-A tail dark gray and removal of introns, results in a mature mRNA. The untranslated regions regulate translation of the mRNA to produce the protein product.

Source: Shafee T, Lowe R. Eukaryotic and prokaryotic gene structure. WikiJournal of Medicine. Because of their influence on gene expression, the enzymes that catalyze epigenetic modifications are important targets for cancer therapeutics. The enzymes that catalyze epigenetic modifications are important targets for the development of cancer therapeutics.

Multiple cycles of DNA-strand synthesis, heat denaturation, and primer reannealing allow for the repeated replication of the target sequence, resulting in exponential amplification of the DNA fragment Fig.

For example, 20 PCR cycles produce approximately 1 million double-stranded copies of the original DNA, whereas 30 cycles produce more than one billion copies.

A wide variety of PCR-based techniques have revolutionized virtually all methods used to manipulate, detect, and analyze nucleic acids. A Nucleosome structure. The view is down the molecular 2-fold axis; DNA is represented by a tube that almost completely occludes the protein. B Nucleosome regulation. Chromatin remodeling: the industrial revolution of DNA around histones.

Genomewide maps of polymorphic markers were important tools in many previous analyses of genetic traits, such as cancer predisposition. Through linkage analysis of pedigrees in which early-onset cancer did or did not develop, the genetic polymorphisms that segregated with the cancer- development phenotype identified many hereditary cancer genes.

Agnostic techniques such as genomewide association studies GWAS can identify the relationships among specific genes and genetic variants and health traits of interest. Alternatively, some common polymorphisms have been shown to affect phenotypes in vitro, such as metabolism of cancer therapeutics, and the relevance of these findings to clinical care can be confirmed in small patient-oriented studies. These regions are susceptible to imperfect replication, thus leading to variability in length.

Loss of expression of MMR proteins causes altered microsatellites that form the basis of some diagnostic tests. Obtaining the human genome with The technology used to obtain the reference human genome sequence required large-scale automation and an international consortium of scientific teams.

Although a remarkable achievement, the methods used for the Genome Project were not practical to apply toward goals such as sequencing cancer cell genomes to guide treatment decisions. The DNA target to be amplified is shown as a double-stranded DNA molecule with complementary segments in green, far left. Also shown are sequence-specific primers red and nucleotides blue.

The temperature changes required for each step are indicated. The DNA is denatured and then allowed to reanneal to the primers. Taq DNA polymerase then extends from the primer using supplied nucleotides, making perfect complementary copies of the segments of DNA in blue , yielding two copies of the target DNA after cycle 1. In subsequent cycles, the DNA is denatured and reannealed and the steps in cycle 1 are repeated, yielding exponentially increasing copies of target DNA such that with n cycles the yield of DNA is 2n.

Source: Wikipedia. NGS methods apply massively parallel sequencing technologies to obtain millions of DNA sequence reads simultaneously using a single instrument. The power of these technologies is that they rely on sequence analysis methods that use a reference human genome sequence and sophisticated bioinformatics for positioning and alignment of millions of short reads. Because these methods are quantitative, they can also detect structural changes, such as chromosomal gains and losses and translocations in cancer cells, in addition to other types of mutations Fig.

The cost and speed of NGS are rapidly improving. These techniques are enabling individualized treatments based on genome-scale sequence data see the Oncogenomics and Precision Oncology section. For example, ChIP-Seq uses antibodies that recognize specific modifications e. Similar approaches have shown that CpG methylation is a highly dynamic process that changes greatly during cellular differentiation.

Real-time PCR assays use fluorescent dyes to accurately measure the amount of PCR products synthesized in various amplification cycles. Real-time PCR is often the method of choice for analyzing the abundance of specific mRNAs in tumor samples, such as monitoring the expression of the BCR-ABL transcript in patients undergoing therapy for chronic myeloid leukemia CML , and for detecting minimal residual disease in leukemia and lymphoma.

For example, one approved diagnostic test uses RT-PCR to assess the expression of 21 genes to predict recurrence risk in women with early-stage estrogen receptor—positive breast cancer. Sequenced fragments are depicted as bars, with colored tips representing the sequenced ends and the unsequenced portion of the fragment in gray.

Reads are aligned to the reference genome mostly chromosome 1, in this example. The colors of the sequenced ends show where they align with the target DNA.

Different types of genomic alterations can be detected, from left to right: point mutations in this example, A to C and small insertions and deletions indels; in this example, a deletion shown by a dashed line are detected by identifying multiple reads that show a nonreference sequence; changes in sequencing depth relative to a normal control are used to identify copy-number changes shaded boxes represent absent or decreased reads in the tumor sample ; paired ends that map to different genomic loci in this case, chromosome 5 are evidence of rearrangements; and sequences that map to nonhuman sequences are evidence for the potential presence of genomic material from pathogens.

Advances in understanding cancer genomes through second-generation sequencing. Microarray chips are small slides on which either oligonucleotides or cDNAs are spotted in a defined array. In some cases, small amounts of RNA from limited clinical specimens are first amplified by PCR prior to hybridization.

Thus, as NGS becomes more widely available, these approaches will replace microarrays as the method of choice for quantitating mRNAs in tumors. Indeed, RNA-Seq is becoming a vital component of cancer diagnosis and treatment. Resolvemos estas y otras muchas dudas sobre estos seres a co Basic Leather Carving Aufrufe Tsd. Vor 9 years Learning the basics is the bases for all leather carving and is only the beginning of unlimited possibilities.

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S ince its inception in , ASCOs Diversity in Oncology Initiative has engaged in programming designed to sup- port and promote diversity in the oncology workforce.

Disparities in cancer screening, treatment, and programs, developed by the ASCO Health Disparities Com- outcomes are well documented by socioeconomic status, mittee and funded through the Conquer Cancer Foundation, health care access, insurance status, and race.

For underrepresented in medicine URM. During a recent eval- example, African Americans are more likely to have more ad- uation of the Initiative, it was recognized that a more com- vanced-stage disease at the time of cancer diagnosis and to prehensive plan was needed to ensure it successfully met experience lower stage-specific survival rates compared with its intended goal.

In response to the organizations goal of the white population. An estimated improve access to care along the cancer continuum. Corresponding author: Karen M. Rates are per , and age-adjusted to the U. Standard Population 19 age groups; Census P A recent report estimates that from the U. Therefore other have consistently demonstrated the propensity of URM strategies must be used to address the increasing challenges physicians to provide improved access to health care for un- that will be faced as the diversity of patients with cancer and derserved populations.

According to the U. Although the lack of workforce diversity has been shown to negatively impact quality and health outcomes for FIGURE 2. Causes of Health Disparities minority patients, a diverse workforce can increase patients comfort and trust with their providers, thereby improving patient access to and satisfaction with their health care.

By , the number of survivors increased to nearly 10 million. This is particularly relevant as the current oncology workforce continues to age without a cor- responding increase in the number of fellowship positions. As noted above, ASCO had previously articulated a strategic plan fo- The complex interplay between socioeconomic status, culture, and biology on cancer disparities. In addition to impacting access to care across the entire cancer continuum from prevention through cused on general workforce development and has now stepped survivorship, health disparities may influence the genetic environment as well.

A key barrier is lack of exposure to programs that fos- ogy fellows were black, and 5. Prominent lack of diversity in cancer leadership positions. Yet, the fact that some oncologists, even to enhance their ability to care for an increasingly diverse those at prominent academic centers with training programs, population.

In , the Association of American Medi- will be at stake. Not only is there a need for in-depth training cal Colleges shifted the expansion of URM from underrep- programs to address these disparities, but dissemination of resented minority black population, Mexican Americans, the skills and courses taught to selected individuals who are Native Americans, which includes American Indians, Alaska focused on cultural humility also appears to aid in the dis- Natives, and Native Hawaiians to underrepresented in med- semination of knowledge to cancer researchers at all levels, icine.

Dedicated program has awarded opportunities for medical students mentorship from and collaboration with women and minori- and residents who self-identify as URM. The ASCO Medical ties who have already achieved success in the field is an im- Student Rotation Award supports clinical oncology or cancer portant component of this strategy.

Training programs, of cultural sensitivity and cultural humility. This is particu- academic institutions, and individual practices, whether pri- larly important for minority-serving institutions that provide vate or hospital-based, must be willing not only to diversify cancer care to a greater percentage of patients from diverse but to create a truly inclusive environment.

Medicine has backgrounds. ASCO has thoughtfully created several pro- trailed behind in the recognition that diversity breeds inno- grams related to cultural competency that can be accessed vation and even improves the financial bottom line. There is even a membership cat- in new talent fromdiverse backgrounds will require an in- egory for advanced practice providers to help provide the vestment of time, thought, and energy.

Leadership must set support needed for these valued members of the oncology goals and priorities and articulate a vision for inclusivity that care team to develop the knowledge and skills required to others within the organization will value and accept. Recent reports have demonstrated that while the per- The effective creation of a workforce that is reflective of centage of Hispanic trainees in oncology is improving, the the patients it serves first requires an institution to embrace number of black students graduating from medical school diversity and inclusion as its core values.

Change will not and entering oncology specialties has remained stagnant come quickly or easily, and therefore, the only way to suc- over the past few decades Fig.

Until the number of URM oncologists in- diversity and sharing it with the world,39 ASCO has raised creases to adequately address our nation's growing needs, the bar by openly setting specific goals and inviting others thoughtful strategies related to employment of advanced to hold them accountable. Hopefully, oncology training pro- practice providers from diverse backgrounds, such as nurse grams and practices around the country will soon follow practitioners, physician assistants, and clinical nurse special- the example and work toward creating a more diverse and ists, among others,37 may provide a critical bridge.

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J Adv Pract Oncol. Intern Med. The state of cancer care in Graduate medical education, America, a report by the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Promoting Diversity in Research: Championing an In press. Blank, MD, and John P. E ndometrial cancer is the most common gynecologic ma- lignancy, and, in contrast to many other cancer types, the incidence and mortality of endometrial cancer continue In this review article, we will review two methods that can further minimize minimally invasive surgery for endo- metrial cancer: 1 assessment of lymph nodes with sentinel to grow.

In the United States, there were approximately lymph node SLN mapping, and 2 ovarian preservation at 40, cases of endometrial cancer in ; however, in the time of endometrial cancer surgery. We purport that , there will be an estimated 61, new cases and surgical approaches that reduce minimally invasive surgery 10, deaths. Addition- trial cancers are attributable to obesity. Models predict an incidence to consider the long-term health implications of their treat- of The Gynecologic On- dictor of survival and provides risk assessment that guides cology Group LAP2 trial established the oncologic safety of postoperative treatment planning.

This study also demonstrated a reduction in post- nificantly longer overall survival among patients who had operative adverse events and improved quality of life with pelvic and para-aortic lymphadenectomy in this retrospective a minimally invasive approach.

A Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results SEER mass index and conversion from laparoscopic approach to database study demonstrated that patients who undergo laparotomy. In part, this was due to the protocol mandate lymphadenectomy are less likely to receive pelvic radiation. This lymph node, therefore, is most likely to.

Corresponding author: Melissa K. SLN lymph nodes and occasionally lower aortic nodes; however, mapping and ultrastaging are currently considered standard they also have noted that there are insufficient data to sug- of care for the surgical staging of breast cancer, melanoma, gest that the upper aortic lymph nodes above the inferior and vulvar cancer.

The lene blue to visualize nodes. Barlin et al26 found that applying ICG and immunofluorescence detection Fig. ICG injec- this mapping algorithm significantly reduced the false-neg- tion seems to negate the higher rates of failed SLN mapping ative rate from A recently published model- observed in obese patients, possibly because of differences ing analysis proposed an approach termed SLN-restrictive in the molecular weight of the isosulfan blue versus ICG frozen section strategy, in which patients who did not map and that ICG is more prominently visualized in the setting of SLNs would have intraoperative frozen-section evaluation, visceral and retroperitoneal fat.

Food and Drug Administration for this features on frozen-section diagnosis. Several injection locations have and clear guidelines have not been established for gyne- cologic pathologists. Lymph node metastases are classified according to their size in accordance with the nomenclature used for breast cancer metastases. Macrometastasis: tumor clusters larger than 2 mm.

Micrometastasis: tumor clusters between 0. Isolated tumor cells: single tumor cells or tumor clusters that are 0. Isolated cytokeratin-positive cells. Kim et al29 found that SLN mapping detected additional low-volume metastases in 4. Although most groups consider macrometastasis and micrometastasis to be pos- itive SLN, the prognostic value of isolated tumor cells and isolated cytokeratin-positive cells remains uncer- tain.

Furthermore, appropriate treatment of patients with low-volume metastatic disease is not yet known and varies Abbreviations: SLN, sentinel lymph node; ICG, indocyanine green. The rationale for ovarian removal includes trial cancer, it has yet to be established as a standard of care detection and removal of occult metastatic disease as well for patients with this disease, and results in the literature as synchronous ovarian cancers and diminishment of estro- vary.

This is likely because of a myriad of currently used gen production. With an amplified incidence of endometrial SLN mapping techniques combined with the complexity and cancer along with an increasing proportion of diagnoses oc- bilaterality of the nodal basins that drain the uterus. A query of SEER data found that ovarian growing experience with SLN mapping and increased use of preservation in women under 45 with low-grade early-stage more innovative dye and detection techniques.

To account endometrial cancer had no effect on either cancer-specific for the learning curve, the SGO Clinical Practice Statement or overall survival. Although finding and none in patients with stage I endometrioid tumors. All metastases that would have otherwise been missed seems patients who recurred had risk factors including a nonen- valuable, some might argue that altering therapy based on dometrioid histology, contralateral adnexal involvement, or this information results in overtreatment, and the use of deep myometrial or cervical stromal invasion.

The authors SLN in endometrial cancer has not been shown to improve concluded that in selected patients Table 1 , oophorectomy oncologic outcomes. The inclusion of lymph node dissection need not be a mandatory component of standard surgical in endometrial cancer staging procedures has been shown therapy for endometrial cancer. Dowdy et al15 found that complications in the first cause-specific survival for retaining and removing ovaries but 30 days following surgery occurred in The day cost-of-care was also This finding is not necessarily surprising.

Several SEER found to be significantly higher in the lymph node dissec- studies have shown that among women with favorable en- tion group, correlating directly with increasing severity of dometrial cancers, cardiovascular disease is a more prob- adverse events among these patients. There are yet to be able cause of death than is cancer,44,45 in part because of prospective evaluations of the morbidity of SLN mapping in the high likelihood of curative cancer treatment and endometrial cancer; however, most would agree that these the prevalence of cardiovascular disease, especially among patients should have an experience that more closely emu- patients with endometrial cancer whose risk factors for en- lates the patients without complete lymphadenectomy.

The Whereas many debate the necessity of nodal assessment Nurses Health Study showed that all-cause mortality, cor- as part of the treatment of patients with endometrial onary heart disease mortality, and deaths from all cancers. TABLE 1. Proposed Indications for Ovarian mapping and ovarian preservation. The greatest obstacle in Preservation in Patients With Endometrial Cancer42 adopting SLN mapping as standard of care for endometrial cancer is the lack of large prospective studies that perform Proposed Indicators complete systematic pelvic and para-aortic lymph node dis- Patients who want to retain ovarian function.

However, according to a sur- vey of SGO members, Cancer Network guidelines for endometrial carcinoma now Patients who have no inherited predisposition to breast or ovarian include a SLN algorithm as an option for surgical manage- cancer.

The uncertainty surrounding the value of lymph node assessment in endometrial cancer were diminished when ovaries were retained at the time of is not likely to be resolved in the near future.

However, SLN hysterectomy for benign disease versus when ovaries were mapping is emerging as an effective surgical technique to removed. A compelling case also can be made for vation and found conservation to be associated with lower ovarian retention in women with early-stage, early-grade all-cause mortality as well as lower death rates from heart endometrioid endometrial cancer, particularly in premeno- disease and cancer, causing the authors to conclude that pausal women, but potentially in older women as well.

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P remature death and disability from cancer and other noncommunicable diseases NCDs such as diabetes, heart disease, chronic respiratory disease, and othersare and national policy and time-bound measurable commit- ments to reduce the global burden of NCDs. The inception of global policy to address the growing NCD on a rapid rise in low- and middle-income countries. Several key meetings under the auspices of premature deaths reported in low- and middle-income of the UN ensued, with a growing consensus and emerging countries.

The Johannesburg Declaration on were long neglected as a development and even health pri- Sustainable Development formally addressed the issue of ority in resource-limited settings. Now, these countries are NCDs, and the Economic and Social Council Ministerial experiencing an epidemiologic transition in which more pa- Declaration recognized the burden NCDs placed on coun- tients are afflicted by NCDs, with longer suffering and death tries.

These meetings helped lay out frameworks and goals at younger ages than in high-income countries. However, a cause and a consequence of poverty, they are a threat to an early catalyst for the NCD movement was a group of sustainable human development on a global scale. Social, patients with diabetes in the Caribbean who drew atten- economic, and environmental factors, such as globalization, tion to their preventable foot amputations and lack of international trade, urbanization, education, labor practices, prioritization of chronic diseases as a human rights con- household income, and food production, all serve as risk cern.

In many cases, we have Non-Communicable Diseases was issued. Thus, a movement of stakeholders from across setting the stage for the UN High-level Meeting to take nongovernmental organizations, patient groups, academia, place in Corresponding author: Gilberto de Lima Lopes Jr.

An initial set of nine voluntary targets and sembled for the second-ever UN High-level Meeting on a 25 indicators for goals that provided an assessment of health issue. NCD mortality and morbidity, risk factors, and national sys- tems response was developed. The political declaration on NCDs emerged af- The formal process for monitoring progress on the goals ter controversial negotiations, largely between groups of de- is conducted under WHO auspices via country surveys to veloped versus developing nations, on access to medicines, assess national capacity for the prevention and control of food and beverage policies, tobacco control, and financing NCD from the member states.

These surveys had been commitments. NCD High-level Meeting. Comparison of to showed increases in des- and diabetes. Primary pre- medications. How- Many governments are now considering how to prioritize ever, in , evidence-based guidelines were assessed, re- medicines for cancer care with limited budgets.

However, further information on essential equipment. These group. Indias National Cancer Control Program is a fed- plementation. Funding is an important consideration with erally coordinated program that was launched in with enacting domestic policies for prevention and treatment; the main aims of creating infrastructure for primary preven- however, there is a complex network of factors affecting in- tion, early detection, and treatment of cancers.

The main dividual countries in implementing domestic policies. However, infra- for health goes mainly to other areas besides NCDs, even structure and human resource for cancer treatment remain though NCDs are more of a health burden. For example, there are less than 1, trained medical be improved by better allocation of international assistance. The added complexity is with grossly complex, with barriers that will require creative solutions. This is cated in urban regions, but the majority of the population in part due to new medications covered under patent laws resides in rural areas.

There have been recent proposals that are priced for high-income countries. Several strategies, some incentivized, pulsory licensing by India in the domain of oncology was for have been initiated by the federal government to improve sorafenib. This generated strong opposition from the patent rural medical service.