Cancer Discovery

Papers
(The TQCC of Cancer Discovery is 7. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
AI-Supported Mammography “Safe,” Cuts Workload5688
HLA-E:CD94–NKG2A Mediates Circulating Tumor Cell Immune Evasion578
Mutation-Driven Alveolar Cell Reprogramming Dictates Lung Cancer Progression360
Succinyl-CoA and Cobalamin Are Biomarkers That Improve Anal Cancer Screening307
Human Tumor Cells Display an Oncogene-like Addiction to Aneuploidy257
Q&A: Philip Greenberg on T Cells, IO's Future226
Structure of the Tumor Stroma Predicts Invasive Breast Cancer Relapse214
Shattered Chromosomes Undergo Mitotic Tethering during Chromothripsis196
PARADIGM Identifies Associations between Drugs, the Microbiome, and Mortality195
Air Pollution Promotes Oncogenic Expansion of Mutant Lung Progenitor Cells188
Transposable Element Signatures Define Stages of T-cell Exhaustion188
Probing Clonal Hematopoiesis in Liquid Biopsy186
Collagen Receptor Implicated in Immune Exclusion180
Low-Glycemic Diets Restrict Tumor Growth through Altered Lipid Metabolism179
Exome Sequencing IDs Hidden Disease Variants173
IL7 Genetic Variation Predicts Immune-Related Adverse Events170
Drafting a Blueprint for European Cancer Research166
RAS Drives Malignancy through Altered Stem Cell/Microenvironment Cross-talk164
Dendritic Cell Circadian Rhythm Governs the Antitumor Immune Response153
COVID-19 Reshapes Cancer Clinical Research149
Myeloid Cells Counter Immune Suppression148
Colorectal Cancer Screening to Start at 45148
Blood Cancers Diminish Response to COVID-19 Vaccine145
Durable Responses with Vemurafenib plus Rituximab in Hairy-Cell Leukemia143
Mouse Models Provide Insight into Factors Affecting BiTE Efficacy137
Cytosolic Phospholipase A2 determines Intercellular Heterogeneity of Stress Granules and Chemotherapy Response137
Highlighted research articles134
Proteostasis Network Modulation Promotes Resistance to KRAS Inhibitors130
Adjuvant PD-1 Blockade in Resected Melanoma: Is Preventing Recurrence Enough?126
REFLECTions on Combination Therapies Empowered by Data Sharing126
Patterns of Oncogene Coexpression at Single-Cell Resolution Influence Survival in Lymphoma124
Highlighted research articles123
Combination Diagnostics: Adding Blood-Based ctDNA Screening to Low-Dose CT Imaging for Early Detection of Lung Cancer123
The AACR Journals: Advancing Progress Toward the AACR's 115-Year Mission122
Convergence of Targeted and Immune Therapies for the Treatment of Oncogene-Driven Cancers120
Infigratinib Approved for Cholangiocarcinoma119
Visualizing Cancer Heterogeneity at the Molecular and Cellular Levels: Lessons from Rosetta119
PIN1 Prolyl Isomerase Promotes Initiation and Progression of Bladder Cancer through the SREBP2-Mediated Cholesterol Biosynthesis Pathway117
Correction: Targeting Translation Initiation Bypasses Signaling Crosstalk Mechanisms That Maintain High MYC Levels in Colorectal Cancer117
Selpercatinib Shifts Treatment Paradigm for MTC and NSCLC117
An NK-cell Therapy for CD30+ Lymphomas116
CHD2 Regulates Neuron–Glioma Interactions in Pediatric Glioma115
Lymph Node Metastasis Induces Immune Tolerance and Distant Metastasis115
Intrinsic properties of the lymph node render it immunologically susceptible to metastasis115
A Novel Type of Monocytic Leukemia Stem Cell Revealed by the Clinical Use of Venetoclax-Based Therapy113
p53 Gain-of-Function Mutation Induces Metastasis via BRD4-Dependent CSF-1 Expression111
Neuro-Mesenchymal Interaction Mediated by a β2-Adrenergic Nerve Growth Factor Feedforward Loop Promotes Colorectal Cancer Progression111
A Guide to Extrachromosomal DNA: Cancer’s Dynamic Circular Genome109
Rational Protein Engineering to Enhance MHC-Independent T-cell Receptors109
Trispecifics Improve Immune-Cell Engagement109
The 3D Revolution in Cancer Discovery108
GIST: Molecular Profiling Suggests 2nd Therapy108
INK4 Tumor Suppressor Proteins Mediate Resistance to CDK4/6 Kinase Inhibitors108
Targeting Microglial Metabolic Rewiring Synergizes with Immune-Checkpoint Blockade Therapy for Glioblastoma102
Multicellular Spatial Organization Determines Immunotherapy Response100
Chronic Inflammation Drives TP53-Mutant Leukemic Evolution100
Presurgery Plus Postsurgery Immunotherapy Ups Survival in NSCLC100
In This Issue100
Response to Low Antigen Density Is Improved by HLA-Independent T-cell Receptors98
Amgen Deal Nets Potential Cancer Therapies97
Intestinal Microbiome Inhibits CD8+ T Cells via the Calcineurin–NFAT Axis96
Tumor-Derived Extracellular Vesicles and Particles Inhibit Liver Function96
The Proteasome Regulator PSME4 Modulates Antitumor Immunity96
FMRP Depletion Reprograms an Immunosuppressive Microenvironment95
New Strategy May Thwart Glioblastoma Resistance92
TILs Outperform Ipilimumab in Melanoma91
Hyperactivation of Oncogenic Pathways Hinders Cancer Cell Survival91
Lymph Node–Specific IFNγ Levels Affect CD8+ T-cell Priming against Tumors90
Akk Abundance Alters Survival in Patients with NSCLC on ICIs90
Aged Lungs Enable Metastatic Outgrowth of Dormant Melanoma Cells89
What's Next for Sotorasib in NSCLC?89
Revumenib Is Safe and Efficacious, but MEN1 Mutations Mediate Resistance89
In This Issue87
Biomarker Testing Falls Short in NSCLC87
AXL and Error-Prone DNA Replication Confer Drug Resistance and Offer Strategies to Treat EGFR-Mutant Lung Cancer85
Perivascular NOTCH3+ Stem Cells Drive Meningioma Tumorigenesis and Resistance to Radiotherapy85
Oncogenic KRAS-Dependent Stromal Interleukin-33 Directs the Pancreatic Microenvironment to Promote Tumor Growth84
Noninvasive and Multicancer Biomarkers: The Promise of LINE-1 Retrotransposons83
Moving Spatially Resolved Multiplexed Protein Profiling toward Clinical Oncology80
Atypical Small Cell Lung Cancer: A New Malignancy Characterized by Chromothripsis, Carcinoid Tumors, and Wild-type RB1 and TP5380
Bridging the Gap between Diseases of the Stomach and Lower Esophagus80
Harnessing Mitochondrial Mutations to ATAC Clonal Evolution in CLL78
Revealing ARID1A Function in Gastric Cancer from the Bottom Up78
Beneath the Surface: Neoantigens beyond Chromosomal DNA Mutations77
New Immunotherapy Combinations Enter the Battlefield of Malignant Mesothelioma76
Researchers Strive to Refine TMB76
Iron Chelation Therapy Elicits Innate Immune Control of Metastatic Ovarian Cancer74
NRF2: KEAPing Tumors Protected72
Rlf–Mycl Gene Fusion Drives Tumorigenesis and Metastasis in a Mouse Model of Small Cell Lung Cancer72
Senescence Rewires Microenvironment Sensing to Facilitate Antitumor Immunity72
A Molecular Voyage: Multiomics Insights into Circulating Tumor Cells72
Temozolomide Treatment Alters Mismatch Repair and Boosts Mutational Burden in Tumor and Blood of Colorectal Cancer Patients72
A Transitional Cell Population Is Enriched in Aggressive Human Medulloblastoma71
ABBV-383 Demonstrates Tolerability and Efficacy in Relapsed/Refractory MM71
Distinct Clonal Patterns Exist between Benign and Malignant Tissue70
Study Sniffs Out New Glioma Mechanism70
A Spatiotemporal Positive Feedback Loop Exists Between TAMs and CD8+ T Cells70
Chromatin Remodeling Factors Drive Epigenetic Changes Crucial for T-cell Exhaustion70
Lasker Honors Discovery of Cell Adhesion Molecules69
IL6 Blockade Reduces Immunotherapy-Induced Immune-Related Adverse Events69
Single-Cell Lineage Tracing of Metastasis Uncovers an EMT Continuum68
Resistant KRAS(G12C) Inhibitor Subclones Exhibit Heterogeneous Alterations67
Ibrutinib with R-CHOP Differentially Affects Genetic Subtypes of DLBCL67
Blinatumomab Nonresponse Is Associated with Poor CD19-CAR Outcome in B-ALL66
Minor Intron Splicing Regulates Hematopoietic Stem Cell Self-Renewal66
Activating Point Mutations in the MET Kinase Domain Represent a Unique Molecular Subset of Lung Cancer and Other Malignancies Targetable with MET Inhibitors65
The Kinase Module of the Mediator Complex Inhibits CAR T-cell Function65
High-Purity CTC RNA Sequencing Identifies Prostate Cancer Lineage Phenotypes Prognostic for Clinical Outcomes65
MPP8 Silences LINE-1 Retrotransposons to Promote Acute Myeloid Leukemia65
MCED Testing Enters New Diagnostic Realms65
MEDI5752 Suppresses Two Immune Checkpoints64
Cholangiocarcinoma Risk Factors Open the Floodgates for Gut Microbes and Immunosuppressive Myeloid Cells64
Single-Cell Sequencing Reveals Trajectory of Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocyte States in Pancreatic Cancer63
Mutant NPM1 Directly Regulates Oncogenic Transcription in Acute Myeloid Leukemia63
Integrative Analysis of a Large Real-World Cohort of Small Cell Lung Cancer Identifies Distinct Genetic Subtypes and Insights into Histologic Transformation60
Advancing Global Health Equity in Oncology Clinical Trial Access60
STX-478, a Mutant-Selective, Allosteric PI3Kα Inhibitor Spares Metabolic Dysfunction and Improves Therapeutic Response in PI3Kα-Mutant Xenografts60
Sex Hormone Signaling Suppresses Ferroptosis via Phospholipid Remodeling58
MDM2-PROTAC versus MDM2 Inhibitors: Beyond p53 Reactivation58
Heritable Defects in Mitotic and Telomere Function Confer Sarcoma Risk57
Q&A: Robert Vonderheide on Immunotherapy Advances57
Cancer Cells Adapt to SWI/SNF Inhibition through Compensatory EP400 Function57
The Hallmarks of Predictive Oncology56
CD8-Targeted IL2 Unleashes Tumor-Specific Immunity in Human Cancer Tissue by Reviving the Dysfunctional T-cell Pool56
Cancer Neuroscience of Brain Tumors: From Multicellular Networks to Neuroscience-Instructed Cancer Therapies56
Air Pollution–Lung Cancer Link Identified56
Epigenetic Activation of Plasmacytoid DCs Drives IFNAR-Dependent Therapeutic Differentiation of AML56
Phosphocreatine Promotes Epigenetic Reprogramming to Facilitate Glioblastoma Growth Through Stabilizing BRD256
Human Colon Cancer–Derived Clostridioides difficile Strains Drive Colonic Tumorigenesis in Mice55
EP300 Selectively Controls the Enhancer Landscape of MYCN-Amplified Neuroblastoma55
Acquired Cross-Resistance in Small Cell Lung Cancer due to Extrachromosomal DNA Amplification of MYC Paralogs55
D3S-001, a KRAS G12C Inhibitor with Rapid Target Engagement Kinetics, Overcomes Nucleotide Cycling, and Demonstrates Robust Preclinical and Clinical Activities55
Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Remodel the Tumor Immune Environment to Enhance Immune Checkpoint Blockade Efficacy55
Carcinogenic Human Metabolites Are Revealed Using “Metabokiller”54
CD19/CD20 Bispecific Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) in Naive/Memory T Cells for the Treatment of Relapsed or Refractory Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma54
MRTX1719 Is an MTA-Cooperative PRMT5 Inhibitor That Exhibits Synthetic Lethality in Preclinical Models and Patients with MTAP-Deleted Cancer54
Glioma Infiltration and Progression Are Driven by Remote Neuronal Activation53
Adaptive Evolution: How Bacteria and Cancer Cells Survive Stressful Conditions and Drug Treatment53
Astronomical Imaging Can Be Used to Analyze Response to Immunotherapy53
Distinct Treatment-Related Immunologic Biomarkers Are Identified in PDAC53
Structure of the Ligand-Bound HER2–HER3 Dimer Reveals a Dynamic Interface52
Silent Mutations Reveal a Novel Treatment for RASQ61 Cancers52
Surface Expression of NRP1 on Tregs Affects Outcome in Patients with Cancer52
A Deep Learning Model for Cancer Type Prediction Sets a New Standard51
ESCRT Protein Inhibition Enhances CTL-Mediated Cytolysis of Tumor Cells51
Court Rulings Complicate Decisions for Pregnant Patients51
The Evolutionary History of Breast Cancer and Related Clones Is Revealed50
VCAM1 Mediates Innate Immune Tolerance of Hematopoietic and Leukemic Stem Cells50
IL4 Signaling in the Bone Marrow Promotes Protumorigenic Myelopoiesis50
The CDK4/6 Inhibitor Ribociclib Leads to Stable Disease in Pediatric Cancers50
Gut Microbiota May Mediate AEs50
Heterologous Cancer Vaccines plus Checkpoint Inhibitors Show Therapeutic Benefit49
The APOE–TREM2 Axis Mediates Senescent Neutrophils in Prostate Cancer49
Antitrust Order Aimed at Equalizing MCED Field49
Epitope Editing Prevents Off-Tumor Toxicity of CAR T-cell Therapy in AML48
Peto’s Paradox Is Dead. Long Live Peto’s Paradox48
Illuminating a Dark Kinase in the Mesenchymal Cancer Cell State48
Glucose Metabolism in TAMs Promotes Metastasis and Drug Resistance48
Highlighted Research Articles48
If You Build It, Patients with Rare Cancers Will Come: A Successful Clinical Trial in Relapsed and Refractory JMML47
Gene-Specific Machine Learning Models to Classify Driver Mutations in Clonal Hematopoiesis47
The UBA1–STUB1 Axis Mediates Cancer Immune Escape and Resistance to Checkpoint Blockade47
Bacterial Genotoxin Accelerates Transient Infection–Driven Murine Colon Tumorigenesis47
HeLa Cases Prompt More Thinking on Ethics46
Tissue-Agnostic Drug Development: A New Path to Drug Approval46
Sotorasib Tackles KRASG12C-Mutated Pancreatic Cancer46
Cancer-associated fibroblasts serve as decoys to suppress NK cell anti-cancer cytotoxicity in breast cancer46
Methylation Is Best for cfDNA Multicancer Early Detection Tests45
Bone-Induced HER2 Promotes Secondary Metastasis in HR+/HER2− Breast Cancer45
Stromal KITL/SCF Maintains Pancreas Tissue Homeostasis and Restrains Tumor Progression45
Targeting N-linked Glycosylation for the Therapy of Aggressive Lymphomas45
When Cancer Cells Become the Enablers of an Antitumor Immune Response45
Tracing Founder Mutations in Circulating and Tissue-Resident Follicular Lymphoma Precursors45
Drug-Induced Epigenomic Plasticity Reprograms Circadian Rhythm Regulation to Drive Prostate Cancer toward Androgen Independence44
Combining TIGIT Blockade with MDSC Inhibition Hinders Breast Cancer Bone Metastasis by Activating Antitumor Immunity44
Combined Inhibition of SHP2 and CXCR1/2 Promotes Antitumor T-cell Response in NSCLC44
Six-Month Efficacy and Toxicity Profile of BNT162b2 Vaccine in Cancer Patients with Solid Tumors43
Which Small Molecule? Selecting Chemical Probes for Use in Cancer Research and Target Validation43
CD137 (4-1BB)-Based Cancer Immunotherapy on Its 25th Anniversary43
SUV39H1 Ablation Enhances Long-term CAR T Function in Solid Tumors43
Quantifying the Expanding Landscape of Clinical Actionability for Patients with Cancer43
A Whole Cancer Cell–Based Vaccine Boosts Cell Killing and Antitumor Immunity42
Ribosome ADP-Ribosylation Controls Protein Synthesis in Ovarian Cancer42
DietaryLactobacillus-Derived Exopolysaccharide Enhances Immune-Checkpoint Blockade Therapy42
Molecular Profiles Distinguish Brain Metastases of Diverse Neural Impact42
Tumor-Reactive Antibodies Emerge from Nonbinding and Autoreactive Precursors41
cGAS–STING Pathway Activation in cDCs Underlies TIM3 Blockade Efficacy41
Specific Anatomic Transcriptomes Drive Oncogenesis in Melanoma41
A Bacterial-Based Immunotherapy for PDAC41
Antitumor Plasma Cells Mature Within Tertiary Lymphoid Structures40
Distinct Mutational Processes Influence Germline DNA Mutations39
Homing In on RNA Fusions in Breast Cancer39
TIM3 Blockade in Dendritic Cells May Potentiate Antitumor Immunity39
ImmunoGen Takeover Caps Year of Record ADC Investments39
Atypical EGFR Mutations Show Heterogeneity39
Structure of SHOC2–PP1C–RAS Reveals a Mechanism of RAF Activation39
In This Issue38
The Bispecific Antibody Epcoritamab Produces Responses in Lymphoma38
Culture Media Tweak Makes Heartier CARs38
Acknowledgment to Reviewers38
Kidney Cancer Researcher Tapped as NCI Director38
Clonal GCB Cells Support Angioimmunoblastic T-cell Lymphoma Tumorigenesis38
A Base Editing Platform Shows Function of Cancer-Associated Variants38
Acknowledgment to Reviewers38
HER2 Expression Impacts Trastuzumab Deruxtecan Efficacy in Breast Cancer37
COVID-19 Vaccines Complicate Mammograms37
Tumor Microenvironment Immune Changes Support Anti-CD19 CAR T-cell Efficacy37
Precision Cancer Medicine: Large Studies Indicate Steady Progress37
Lymphocyte Interaction Networks Drive Lung Cancer Immunosurveillance37
An Atlas of Tumor Metabolism Uncovers Gene–Metabolite Interactions37
Cancer-Causative Mutations Occurring in Early Embryogenesis37
TNF Receptors Choose HSC Fate in SupportingDnmt3a-Mutant Clonal Hematopoiesis36
Engineering a Next-Gen IL2 Therapy35
ATM Inhibition Sensitizes ALT Neuroblastomas to Chemotherapy35
Pushing the Boundaries of Liquid Biopsies for Early Precision Intervention35
Correction: High Frequency of PIK3R1 and PIK3R2 Mutations in Endometrial Cancer Elucidates a Novel Mechanism for Regulation of PTEN Protein Stability35
Copper Drives Remodeling of Metabolic State and Progression of Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma35
Biomolecular Condensation: A New Phase in Cancer Research34
Loss of p53 Induces Tolerance to Viral Mimicry as a Mechanism of Immune Evasion in Early Tumorigenesis34
DNAJB1-PRKACA Fusion Drives Fibrolamellar Liver Cancer through Impaired SIK Signaling and CRTC2/p300-Mediated Transcriptional Reprogramming34
IFNα Potentiates Immune-Checkpoint Blockade by Rewiring Metabolic Cross-talk34
Targeting Acute Myeloid Leukemia Stem Cells through Perturbation of Mitochondrial Calcium33
Spectrum of Response to Platinum and PARP Inhibitors in Germline BRCA–Associated Pancreatic Cancer in the Clinical and Preclinical Setting33
So Grateful for My X: Sex Chromosomes Drive Differences in Glioblastoma Immunity33
Condensate-Promoting ENL Mutation Drives Tumorigenesis In Vivo Through Dynamic Regulation of Histone Modifications and Gene Expression33
Selective Requirement of MYB for Oncogenic Hyperactivation of a Translocated Enhancer in Leukemia33
Discovery and Features of an Alkylating Signature in Colorectal Cancer32
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Technologies in Cancer Care: Addressing Disparities, Bias, and Data Diversity32
Radical Collaboration: Reimagining Cancer Team Science32
RTK-Dependent Inducible Degradation of Mutant PI3Kα Drives GDC-0077 (Inavolisib) Efficacy32
Single-Cell Tumor–Normal Analysis Proposes Combinatorial CAR Strategies31
Machine Learning Models ID Cancer Drivers31
Single-Cell Atlas of Lineage States, Tumor Microenvironment, and Subtype-Specific Expression Programs in Gastric Cancer31
In This Issue31
Insights and Opportunity Costs in Applying Spatial Biology to Study the Tumor Microenvironment31
Altered tRNA Isoacceptor Abundance Regulates Breast Cancer Metastasis30
Transcriptome Analysis Predicts Treatment Response30
In This Issue30
Dual Immunotherapy Makes Strides against HCC30
Y Chromosome Loss Drives Bladder Cancer Aggressiveness and Immune Evasion30
Noted30
Aneuploid Tumor Genomes Undergo Punctuated and Gradual Diversification29
HSCT Chemotherapy Supports Peripheral Macrophage Engraftment of the Brain29
Colonic Microbiota Promote Antitumor Immunity in Colorectal Cancer29
On-Target BTK Mutations Promote Resistance to Noncovalent BTK Inhibitors29
Approved Drugs May Reduce Anthracycline Drug–Related Cardiotoxicity28
BTK Inhibitor Options Expand for CLL/SLL28
MHC-I Cross-Dressing Supports Antitumor CD8+ T-cell Priming28
A High-Fat Diet Controls MHC Class II on ISCs via the Microbiome28
Senescent Cancer Cells Are Vulnerable to Extrinsic Apoptosis Pathway Activation28
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