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Collin Tokheim

Research Fellow, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Verified email at mail.dfci.harvard.edu
Cited by 5363

[PDF][PDF] Comprehensive characterization of cancer driver genes and mutations

MH Bailey, C Tokheim, E Porta-Pardo, S Sengupta… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Identifying molecular cancer drivers is critical for precision oncology. Multiple advanced
algorithms to identify drivers now exist, but systematic attempts to combine and optimize them on …

The genomic landscape of response to EGFR blockade in colorectal cancer

…, B Lupo, M Sausen, J Phallen, CA Hruban, C Tokheim… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer worldwide, with 1.2 million patients
diagnosed annually. In late-stage colorectal cancer, the most commonly used targeted therapies …

Evaluating the evaluation of cancer driver genes

CJ Tokheim, N Papadopoulos… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Sequencing has identified millions of somatic mutations in human cancers, but distinguishing
cancer driver genes remains a major challenge. Numerous methods have been developed …

[PDF][PDF] Perspective on oncogenic processes at the end of the beginning of cancer genomics

…, DL Gibbs, A Weerasinghe, K Huang, C Tokheim… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) has catalyzed systematic characterization of diverse
genomic alterations underlying human cancers. At this historic junction marking the completion …

Minimal functional driver gene heterogeneity among untreated metastases

…, A Heyde, MA Attiyeh, ZA Kohutek, CJ Tokheim… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Metastases are responsible for the majority of cancer-related deaths. Although genomic
heterogeneity within primary tumors is associated with relapse, heterogeneity among treatment-…

[PDF][PDF] Systematic functional annotation of somatic mutations in cancer

…, K Kong, T Dogruluk, H Lu, J Gao, C Tokheim… - Cancer cell, 2018 - cell.com
The functional impact of the vast majority of cancer somatic mutations remains unknown,
representing a critical knowledge gap for implementing precision oncology. Here, we report the …

Therapeutically increasing MHC-I expression potentiates immune checkpoint blockade

…, J Conway, AK Tewari, Z Zeng, AD Sahu, C Tokheim… - Cancer discovery, 2021 - AACR
MHC-I loss or downregulation in cancer cells is a major mechanism of resistance to T cell–based
immunotherapies. Our study reveals that birinapant may be used for patients with low …

[HTML][HTML] In vivo CRISPR screens identify the E3 ligase Cop1 as a modulator of macrophage infiltration and cancer immunotherapy target

X Wang, C Tokheim, SS Gu, B Wang, Q Tang, Y Li… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Despite remarkable clinical efficacy of immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) in cancer treatment,
ICB benefits for triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) remain limited. Through pooled in …

[PDF][PDF] Pan-cancer proteogenomics connects oncogenic drivers to functional states

Y Li, E Porta-Pardo, C Tokheim, MH Bailey, TM Yaron… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Cancer driver events refer to key genetic aberrations that drive oncogenesis; however, their
exact molecular mechanisms remain insufficiently understood. Here, our multi-omics pan-…

Exome-scale discovery of hotspot mutation regions in human cancer using 3D protein structure

C Tokheim, R Bhattacharya, N Niknafs, DM Gygax… - Cancer research, 2016 - AACR
The impact of somatic missense mutation on cancer etiology and progression is often difficult
to interpret. One common approach for assessing the contribution of missense mutations in …