David M. Hyman

TL;DR: A large-scale, prospective clinical sequencing initiative using a comprehensive assay, MSK-IMPACT, through which tumor and matched normal sequence data from a unique cohort of more than 10,000 patients with advanced cancer are compiled and identified clinically relevant somatic mutations, novel noncoding alterations, and mutational signatures that were shared by common and rare tumor types.

TL;DR: Larotrectinib had marked and durable antitumor activity in patients with TRK fusion–positive cancer, regardless of the age of the patient or of the tumor type.

TL;DR: OncoKB, a comprehensive and curated precision oncology knowledge base, offers oncologists detailed, evidence-based information about individual somatic mutations and structural alterations present in patient tumors with the goal of supporting optimal treatment decisions.

TL;DR: BRAF V600 appears to be a targetable oncogene in some, but not all, nonmelanoma cancers and preliminary vemurafenib activity was observed in non-small-cell lung cancer and in Erdheim-Chester disease and Langerhans'-cell histiocytosis.

TL;DR: A reductionist approach is taken to define and separate the key determinants of drug resistance, which include tumour burden and growth kinetics; tumour heterogeneity; physical barriers; the immune system and the microenvironment; undruggable cancer drivers; and the many consequences of applying therapeutic pressures.