Curated bibliography supporting the mechanistic map, mrgsolve QSP model, and Shiny dashboard in this directory. Organised by section. PubMed links are given directly where a specific PMID was confirmed, and as a PubMed search query where only the citation (not a verified PMID) was available.
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- Howitt BE, Shukla SA, Sholl LM, et al. Association of polymerase e-mutated and microsatellite-instable endometrial cancers with neoantigen load, number of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes, and expression of PD-1 and PD-L1. JAMA Oncol. 2015;1(9):1319-1323. PMID 26181000
- Bellone S, Bignotti E, Lonardi S, et al. Polymerase ε (POLE) ultra-mutation in uterine tumors correlates with T lymphocyte infiltration and increased resistance to progression. Gynecol Oncol. 2017;144(1):146-152. PMID 27817932
- Le DT, Durham JN, Smith KN, et al. Mismatch repair deficiency predicts response of solid tumors to PD-1 blockade. Science. 2017;357(6349):409-413. PMID 28596308
- Turajlic S, Litchfield K, Xu H, et al. Insertion-and-deletion-derived tumour-specific neoantigens and the immunogenic phenotype: a pan-cancer analysis. Lancet Oncol. 2017;18(8):1009-1021. PMID 28694034
- Ryan NAJ, Glaire MA, Blake D, et al. The proportion of endometrial cancers associated with Lynch syndrome: a systematic review of the literature and meta-analysis. Genet Med. 2019;21(10):2167-2180. PMID 30918358
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- Samstein RM, Lee CH, Shoushtari AN, et al. Tumor mutational load predicts survival after immunotherapy across multiple cancer types. Nat Genet. 2019;51(2):202-206. PMID 30643254
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- Mirza MR, Chase DM, Slomovitz BM, et al. Dostarlimab for primary advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer (RUBY). N Engl J Med. 2023;388(23):2145-2158. PMID 36972026
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- Gabrilovich DI, Chen HL, Girgis KR, et al. Production of vascular endothelial growth factor by human tumors inhibits the functional maturation of dendritic cells. Nat Med. 1996;2(10):1096-1103. PMID 8837607
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- Miller DS, Filiaci VL, Mannel RS, et al. Carboplatin and paclitaxel for advanced endometrial cancer: final overall survival and adverse event analysis of a phase III trial (NRG Oncology/GOG-0209). J Clin Oncol. 2020;38(33):3841-3850. PMID 32906015
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| Model element | Anchoring reference(s) |
|---|---|
TMB_POLE / TMB_MMRD / TMB_NSMP / TMB_P53 |
14, 21, 23 |
TMB50 = 13, HILL_TMB = 1.4 (the central Hill function) |
28, 29, 30, 31 |
FS_WEIGHT (indel neoantigens are more immunogenic per mutation) |
23, 26 |
EXCL_P53 (immune-excluded copy-number-high phenotype) |
14, 18 |
APCv / B2M_LOSS (antigen-presentation escape) |
32 |
Anti-PD-1 PK and IC50_IO |
33, 34, 35 |
LEN_MDSC, LEN_NORM (the KEYNOTE-775 mechanism) |
36, 41, 42, 43, 44 |
ICD_CHEMO (platinum immunogenic cell death; why IO+chemo > IO alone in pMMR) |
34, 35, 39 |
AROM_SLOPE, KSYN_E2 (adipose aromatase, BMI dose-response) |
3, 4, 8, 9, 10 |
W_LIGIND (ligand-independent ERa activation; everolimus + letrozole) |
49, 50 |
K_PRDOWN, K_TAM_PR (progestin resistance and tamoxifen re-induction) |
56, 57, 62 |
IUS_FACTOR (local vs systemic progestin exposure) |
59, 60 |
HER2_DRIVE, HER2_BLOCK |
63 |
Carboplatin/paclitaxel PK and EMAX_CARB/EMAX_PTX |
51, 55 |
Friberg myelosuppression (MTT_NEUT, GAMMA_FB) |
54 |
| POLEmut de-escalation scenario | 18, 24, 69, 70 |
CA125, CTDNA observation models |
66, 68 |