Smyth Elizabeth, Khan Khurum, Valeri Nicola
Department of Gastrointestinal Cancer and Lymphoma, Royal Marsden, UK.
Gastrointestinal Cancer Biology and Genomics Team, Institute of Cancer Research, Royal Marsden, UK.
Ann Transl Med. 2018 May;6(9):164. doi: 10.21037/atm.2018.05.05.
Cancers of the gastrointestinal tract have limited available treatments and are often associated with a poor prognosis. Clinical trials and translational work associated with these trials provide the opportunity to increase understanding of the mechanisms of sensitivity and resistance to cytotoxic chemotherapy and targeted therapy in these diseases. In this review we discuss the rationale for intensive translational work within the context of academic clinical trials and the successes and challenges which have been associated with translational work at our institution over the past number of years. We reflect on tissue, plasma and radiological biomarker work including a novel patient derived organoid programme and discuss the iterative application of previous results to next generation trial design.
胃肠道癌症的可用治疗方法有限,且往往预后不良。与这些试验相关的临床试验和转化研究工作为增进对这些疾病中细胞毒性化疗和靶向治疗的敏感性及耐药性机制的理解提供了机会。在本综述中,我们讨论了在学术性临床试验背景下开展深入转化研究工作的基本原理,以及过去几年我们机构在转化研究工作中所取得的成功与面临的挑战。我们思考了组织、血浆和放射学生物标志物研究工作,包括一项新的患者来源类器官计划,并讨论了将先前结果迭代应用于下一代试验设计的情况。