Cancer discoveryPub Date : 2026-09-01DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-RW2026-069
{"title":"Multiplexed In Vivo Screen Pinpoints Drivers of Breast Cancer Aneuploidies.","authors":"","doi":"10.1158/2159-8290.CD-RW2026-069","DOIUrl":"10.1158/2159-8290.CD-RW2026-069","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9430,"journal":{"name":"Cancer discovery","volume":" ","pages":"OF1"},"PeriodicalIF":29.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148711184","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cancer discoveryPub Date : 2026-09-01DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-26-1356
Ana Luísa Correia, Karen O Dixon, J Justin Milner, Nathan H Parker, Theodore L Roth, Jonathan M Tsai, Jessalyn M Ubellacker, Natalie I Vokes, Samir Zaidi, Effie Apostolou, Adrienne Boire, Carla J Chibwesha, Yifat Merbl, Aaron M Newman, Tuomas Tammela
{"title":"Insights on Future Directions in Cancer Research from the AACR Trailblazer Cancer Research Grant Awardees.","authors":"Ana Luísa Correia, Karen O Dixon, J Justin Milner, Nathan H Parker, Theodore L Roth, Jonathan M Tsai, Jessalyn M Ubellacker, Natalie I Vokes, Samir Zaidi, Effie Apostolou, Adrienne Boire, Carla J Chibwesha, Yifat Merbl, Aaron M Newman, Tuomas Tammela","doi":"10.1158/2159-8290.CD-26-1356","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1158/2159-8290.CD-26-1356","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9430,"journal":{"name":"Cancer discovery","volume":"16 9","pages":"1730-1738"},"PeriodicalIF":29.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148863758","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cancer discoveryPub Date : 2026-09-01DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.cd-26-1267
Silvia Tiberti, Katayoun Rezvani, May Daher
{"title":"Mitochondrial Complex I at the Crossroads of NK cell Dysfunction in Glioblastoma","authors":"Silvia Tiberti, Katayoun Rezvani, May Daher","doi":"10.1158/2159-8290.cd-26-1267","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1158/2159-8290.cd-26-1267","url":null,"abstract":"Summary: Zhou and colleagues identify mitochondrial complex I activity, mediated through NDUFA9, as a critical determinant of natural killer (NK) cell metabolic fitness and antitumor function in glioblastoma. Their study links impaired oxidative phosphorylation to glutamine dependence, epigenetic repression of effector programs, and loss of NK cell activity, highlighting mitochondrial fitness as an actionable axis for improving cellular immunotherapy in solid tumors. See related article by Zhou et al., p. 1924","PeriodicalId":9430,"journal":{"name":"Cancer discovery","volume":"43 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":28.2,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148860836","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cancer discoveryPub Date : 2026-09-01DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-25-0990
Nathaniel V Mon Père, Francesco Terenzi, Benjamin Werner
{"title":"The Evolution of Polyclonal Competition in Aging Hematopoiesis.","authors":"Nathaniel V Mon Père, Francesco Terenzi, Benjamin Werner","doi":"10.1158/2159-8290.CD-25-0990","DOIUrl":"10.1158/2159-8290.CD-25-0990","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Clonal hematopoiesis (CH)-the expansion of genetic variants in blood-is a prime example of somatic evolution. Although it often precedes malignant transformation, many aspects of this process remain unknown. We show that a model of polyclonal competition, in which selectively advantaged clones continually occur and compete, explains observed CH dynamics throughout human life. We quantify the fitness distribution and occurrence rate of clonal expansions using either variant trajectories or hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) genetic heterogeneity. Inferences on both data converge. Approximately 3 fit clones enter the HSC pool per year, yet rarely more than 5 achieve >1.5% frequency throughout life. The fittest clones emerge predominantly later in life in accordance with a multistep evolutionary process. DNMT3A variants were enriched for single-hit clones, whereas TET2, ASXL1, JAK2, SF3B1, and SRSF2 showed enrichment for multihit evolution. These findings suggest that precursors of hematologic malignancies are identifiable prior to transformation and may facilitate early intervention strategies.</p><p><strong>Significance: </strong>We study the evolution of CH through longitudinal variant trajectories and HSC genetic heterogeneity. Clonal interference and a multistep evolutionary process become evident. Clones further advanced on the path to malignant transformation are identifiable, and propensities for multiple hits differ among most commonly mutated CH variants.</p>","PeriodicalId":9430,"journal":{"name":"Cancer discovery","volume":" ","pages":"1765-1779"},"PeriodicalIF":29.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13531000/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147834243","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cancer discoveryPub Date : 2026-09-01DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-RW2026-074
{"title":"Endogenous Metabolite Glues Can Be Therapeutically Exploited.","authors":"","doi":"10.1158/2159-8290.CD-RW2026-074","DOIUrl":"10.1158/2159-8290.CD-RW2026-074","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9430,"journal":{"name":"Cancer discovery","volume":" ","pages":"OF1"},"PeriodicalIF":29.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148788342","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cancer discoveryPub Date : 2026-09-01DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.cd-26-0045
Juliano Machado, Vignesh Karthikaisamy, Hermine Mohr, Doris Kaltenecker, Pia Benedikt, Pauline Morigny, Amit Mhamane, Julia Geppert, Amy Rose Fumo, Kerstin Haase, Estefania Simoes, Joanna D.C.C. Lima, Anastasia Georgiadi, Achim Krüger, José Pinhata Otoch, Marc E. Martignoni, Vickie E. Baracos, Mariam Jamal-Hanjani, Marilia C.L. Seelaender, Olga Prokopchuk, Julia Szendrödi, Maria Rohm, Stephan Herzig, Mauricio Berriel Diaz
{"title":"Tumor-Secreted ADAMTSL4 Activates Latent TGFβ1 to Drive Cancer Cachexia","authors":"Juliano Machado, Vignesh Karthikaisamy, Hermine Mohr, Doris Kaltenecker, Pia Benedikt, Pauline Morigny, Amit Mhamane, Julia Geppert, Amy Rose Fumo, Kerstin Haase, Estefania Simoes, Joanna D.C.C. Lima, Anastasia Georgiadi, Achim Krüger, José Pinhata Otoch, Marc E. Martignoni, Vickie E. Baracos, Mariam Jamal-Hanjani, Marilia C.L. Seelaender, Olga Prokopchuk, Julia Szendrödi, Maria Rohm, Stephan Herzig, Mauricio Berriel Diaz","doi":"10.1158/2159-8290.cd-26-0045","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1158/2159-8290.cd-26-0045","url":null,"abstract":"Cancer cachexia is a devastating wasting syndrome with no approved therapies. In this study, we identify the tumor-derived glycoprotein ADAMTSL4 as a circulating factor associated with body weight loss in preclinical cachexia models and patients with colorectal and lung cancers. In mice, Adamtsl4 overexpression converted non–cachexia-inducing tumors into cachexia-inducing tumors, whereas its deletion in cachexia-inducing tumors spared fat and muscle, blunted muscle atrophy signatures, and reduced cachexia severity. ADAMTSL4 engages the latency-associated peptide (LAP) of TGFβ1, promoting local activation of TGFβ1 at muscle cell membranes. Genetic blockade of proTGFβ1 or pharmacologic inhibition of TGFβ signaling reduced ADAMTSL4-dependent wasting in adipocytes and muscle cells. Suppression of tumor-derived ADAMTSL4 attenuated skeletal muscle fibrosis in mice. Together, the association between increased circulating ADAMTSL4 levels and TGFβ–driven muscle atrophy and fibrosis gene signatures in patients with cachectic cancer identifies ADAMTSL4 as an upstream regulator of TGFβ1 and a potential therapeutic target in cancer cachexia. Significance: Cancer cachexia lacks effective therapies and remains a major cause of cancer-related morbidity and mortality. We identify tumor-derived ADAMTSL4 as an upstream regulator of latent TGFβ activation via LAP engagement that promotes multiorgan wasting and fibrosis-related remodeling. Targeting ADAMTSL4 may provide a selective therapeutic strategy without systemic TGFβ pathway blockade.","PeriodicalId":9430,"journal":{"name":"Cancer discovery","volume":"74 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":28.2,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148860834","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cancer discoveryPub Date : 2026-09-01DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.cd-26-1266
Zehua Jing, Mingyao Li
{"title":"Malignant Transition in Three Dimensions","authors":"Zehua Jing, Mingyao Li","doi":"10.1158/2159-8290.cd-26-1266","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1158/2159-8290.cd-26-1266","url":null,"abstract":"Summary: Breast and prostate cancers share notable similarities in their progression to invasive disease, providing a unique opportunity to uncover common mechanisms of malignant transition. By integrating volumetric reconstruction with multimodal spatial profiling, Storrs and colleagues revealed the precancer-to-cancer transition as a continuous three-dimensional process and identified shared molecular programs associated with invasion. See related article by Storrs et al., p. 1819","PeriodicalId":9430,"journal":{"name":"Cancer discovery","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":28.2,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148860838","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cancer discoveryPub Date : 2026-08-21DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.cd-nw2026-0083
{"title":"AI Model Predicts Cancer Development, Diagnoses Tumors","authors":"","doi":"10.1158/2159-8290.cd-nw2026-0083","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1158/2159-8290.cd-nw2026-0083","url":null,"abstract":": The new AI model Oncoformer can predict whether patients are likely to develop cancer within the next year, diagnose existing tumors, forecast responses to treatments, and stage tumors. The model makes conclusions and predictions from electronic health records and chest X-rays. Trained and tested with information from Chinese patients, the model also delivered accurate results for a cohort of patients in the UK.","PeriodicalId":9430,"journal":{"name":"Cancer discovery","volume":"40 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":28.2,"publicationDate":"2026-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148768572","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}