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Efsevia Vakiani MD PhD

Assistant Attending, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA
Verified email at mskcc.org
Cited by 22709

Mutational landscape of metastatic cancer revealed from prospective clinical sequencing of 10,000 patients

…, T Baldi, KA Mullaney, H Al-Ahmadie, E Vakiani… - Nature medicine, 2017 - nature.com
Tumor molecular profiling is a fundamental component of precision oncology, enabling the
identification of genomic alterations in genes and pathways that can be targeted …

Emergence of KRAS mutations and acquired resistance to anti-EGFR therapy in colorectal cancer

…, M Gambacorta, M Gallicchio, E Vakiani… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
A main limitation of therapies that selectively target kinase signalling pathways is the
emergence of secondary drug resistance. Cetuximab, a monoclonal antibody that binds the …

[PDF][PDF] Clinical sequencing defines the genomic landscape of metastatic colorectal cancer

…, R Kundra, J Gao, A Syed, DM Hyman, E Vakiani… - Cancer cell, 2018 - cell.com
Metastatic colorectal cancers (mCRCs) are clinically heterogeneous, but the genomic basis
of this variability remains poorly understood. We performed prospective targeted sequencing …

Small cell and large cell neuroendocrine carcinomas of the pancreas are genetically similar and distinct from well-differentiated pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors

S Yachida, E Vakiani, CM White, Y Zhong… - The American journal …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinomas (NECs) of the pancreas are rare
malignant neoplasms with a poor prognosis. The aim of this study was to determine the …

Adoption of total neoadjuvant therapy for locally advanced rectal cancer

…, DL Reidy, A Varghese, J Shia, E Vakiani… - JAMA …, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Treatment of locally advanced rectal (LARC) cancer involves chemoradiation,
surgery, and chemotherapy. The concept of total neoadjuvant therapy (TNT), in which …

EGFR Blockade Reverts Resistance to KRASG12C Inhibition in Colorectal Cancer

…, A Whaley, M Pinnelli, YR Murciano-Goroff, E Vakiani… - Cancer discovery, 2020 - AACR
The efficacy of KRAS G12C inhibitors in NSCLC and colorectal cancer is lineage-specific.
RTK dependency and signaling rebound kinetics are responsible for sensitivity or resistance …

Assessment of a watch-and-wait strategy for rectal cancer in patients with a complete response after neoadjuvant therapy

…, I Petkovska, AJ Wu, M Reyngold, E Vakiani… - JAMA …, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The watch-and-wait (WW) strategy aims to spare patients with rectal cancer
unnecessary resection. Objective To analyze the outcomes of WW among patients with rectal …

Recurrent somatic mutation of FAT1 in multiple human cancers leads to aberrant Wnt activation

…, L Peng, VE Banuchi, P Paty, Z Zeng, E Vakiani… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Aberrant Wnt signaling can drive cancer development. In many cancer types, the genetic
basis of Wnt pathway activation remains incompletely understood. Here, we report recurrent …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative sequencing analysis reveals high genomic concordance between matched primary and metastatic colorectal cancer lesions

AR Brannon, E Vakiani, BE Sylvester, SN Scott… - Genome biology, 2014 - Springer
Background Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United
States, with over 50,000 deaths estimated in 2014. Molecular profiling for somatic mutations …

Genetic predictors of response to systemic therapy in esophagogastric cancer

…, JC Riches, Y Tuvy, R Kundra, N Bouvier, E Vakiani… - Cancer discovery, 2018 - AACR
The incidence of esophagogastric cancer is rapidly rising, but only a minority of patients
derive durable benefit from current therapies. Chemotherapy as well as anti-HER2 and PD-1 …