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Review
. 2021 Mar 14;11(3):512.
doi: 10.3390/diagnostics11030512.

Translating Molecular Profiling of Soft Tissue Sarcomas into Daily Clinical Practice

Celine Jacobs  1 , Lore Lapeire  1   2
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Translating Molecular Profiling of Soft Tissue Sarcomas into Daily Clinical Practice

Celine Jacobs et al. Diagnostics (Basel). .

Abstract

Soft tissue sarcomas are a group of rare mesenchymal tumors with more than 70 subtypes described. Treatment of these subtypes in an advanced setting is mainly according to a one-size-fits-all strategy indicating a high unmet need of new and more targeted therapeutic options in order to optimize survival. The introduction of advanced molecular techniques in cancer has led to better diagnostics and identification of new therapeutic targets, leading to more personalized treatment and improved prognosis for several cancer types. In sarcoma, a likewise evolution is seen, albeit at a slower pace. This manuscript describes how in the past years advanced molecular profiling in soft tissue sarcomas was able to identify specific and often pathognomonic aberrations, deferring standard sarcoma treatment in favor of more targeted treatment from an oncologist's point of view.

Keywords: ALK; CDK4; KIT; MDM2; NR4A3; NTRK; PD-1; PDGFRA; molecular profiling; sarcoma.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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