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Ahmet Zehir

VP, Bioinformatics
Verified email at natera.com
Cited by 34154

Tumor mutational load predicts survival after immunotherapy across multiple cancer types

…, R Shen, YY Janjigian, DA Barron, A Zehir… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) treatments benefit some patients with metastatic cancers,
but predictive biomarkers are needed. Findings in selected cancer types suggest that tumor …

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

A Zehir, R Benayed, RH Shah, A Syed, S Middha… - 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 …

[HTML][HTML] The promises and challenges of tumor mutation burden as an immunotherapy biomarker: a perspective from the International Association for the Study of …

…, Y Yatabe, A Yoshida, JB Daigneault, A Zehir… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2020 - Elsevier
Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapies have revolutionized the management of patients
with NSCLC and have led to unprecedented improvements in response rates and survival …

[HTML][HTML] Detection of tumor NTRK gene fusions to identify patients who may benefit from tyrosine kinase (TRK) inhibitor therapy

SJ Hsiao, A Zehir, AN Sireci, DL Aisner - The Journal of Molecular …, 2019 - Elsevier
Chromosomal rearrangements involving the NTRK1, NTRK2, and NTRK3 genes (NTRK
genes), which encode the high-affinity nerve growth factor receptor (TRKA), brain-derived …

The value of cell‐free DNA for molecular pathology

…, R Mair, S Somnay, R Benayed, A Zehir… - The Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past decade, advances in molecular biology and genomics techniques have
revolutionized the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. The technological advances in tissue …

Oncologic therapy shapes the fitness landscape of clonal hematopoiesis

…, LA Diaz Jr, RL Levine, LM Morton, A Zehir… - BioRxiv, 2019 - biorxiv.org
Clonal hematopoiesis (CH) is frequent in cancer patients and associated with increased risk
of therapy related myeloid neoplasms (tMN). To define the relationship between CH, …

OncoKB: a precision oncology knowledge base

…, N Shukla, MH Voss, E Paraiso, A Zehir… - JCO precision …, 2017 - ascopubs.org
Purpose With prospective clinical sequencing of tumors emerging as a mainstay in cancer
care, an urgent need exists for a clinical support tool that distills the clinical implications …

[HTML][HTML] Memorial Sloan Kettering-Integrated Mutation Profiling of Actionable Cancer Targets (MSK-IMPACT): a hybridization capture-based next-generation …

DT Cheng, TN Mitchell, A Zehir, RH Shah… - The Journal of molecular …, 2015 - Elsevier
The identification of specific genetic alterations as key oncogenic drivers and the development
of targeted therapies are together transforming clinical oncology and creating a pressing …

[HTML][HTML] Inherited DNA-repair gene mutations in men with metastatic prostate cancer

…, S Casadei, M Berger, L Zhang, A Zehir… - … England Journal of …, 2016 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Inherited mutations in DNA-repair genes such as BRCA2 are associated with
increased risks of lethal prostate cancer. Although the prevalence of germline mutations in …

AACR Project GENIE: powering precision medicine through an international consortium

…, C Wathoo, S Watt, C Yu, TV Yu, E Yu, A Zehir… - Cancer discovery, 2017 - AACR
The AACR Project GENIE is an international data-sharing consortium focused on generating
an evidence base for precision cancer medicine by integrating clinical-grade cancer …