Embodiments of the disclosure include methods and compositions related to treating an individual for HER2+ positive cancer with an appropriate treatment based on outcome of a multiparameter classifier. The methods allow for identification of HER2+ individuals that are suitable to avoid chemotherapy, in specific embodiments. Methods of the disclosure also allow for identification of HER2+ individuals that should not avoid chemotherapy. In specific embodiments, the multiparameter classifier identifies whether there is (1) a ratio of HER2 amplification, relative to a control probe, of greater than or equal to 4.5; (2) a HER2 expression level score of 3+, as determined by immunohistochemistry, in at least 90% of breast cancer cells; (3) whether there is a HER2-enriched molecular subtype; and (4) whether the individual has a wildtype PIKC3A gene.

Disclosed are compositions and methods related to the use of sialoglycan as markers for the diagnosis and prognosis of cancers and inflammatory conditions. In one aspect, also disclosed herein are engineered probes and chimeric probes with differential binding ability to sialoglycans.

Provided herein are antibodies binding to LILRB1 and the uses of the antibodies in detecting and treating cancer and autoimmune diseases.

The invention relates to cell free nucleosomes as biomarkers in plasma samples for vascular or haematological cancers.

Described herein are methods and compositions for treating cancer. Aspects of the invention relate to determining if a biological sample obtained from a subject for GSK3a bodies (puncta), e.g., in response to asparaginase treatment, and administering to a subject having cancer an asparaginase and an agent that inhibits GSK3α to a subject who has been identified as forming GSK3α-positive bodies.

Methods of inhibiting the proliferation of a cancer cell, and treating cancer in an individual are provided. Aspects of the subject methods include contacting a cancer cell with an azapodophyllotoxin derivative, where the contacting is effective to inhibit tubulin polymerization and monoglycerol metabolism to inhibit proliferation of cancer in the cell. In certain cases, the cancer cell is a renal cancer cell (RCC) or a lymphoma cell. Aspects of the methods also include administering to a subject an effective amount of an azapodophyllotoxin derivative to treat the subject for cancer, where the cancer is selected from renal cancer and lymphoma. Also provided is a method of monitoring tumor regression in an individual, and methods of identifying a cancer suppressing compound.

Provided are methods for detecting or isolating circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in a subject. The methods may include detecting the expression of at least one epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) biomarker. Further provided are kits for detecting or isolating CTCs. The kits may include antibodies to at least one EMT biomarker. Further provided are methods of predicting the responsiveness of a subject to a cancer drug, methods of targeting delivery of a cancer drug in a subject, methods of providing a cancer prognosis to a subject, and methods for following the progress of cancer in a subject.

This disclosure relates to the surprising and unexpected finding that the well-known cancer protein, Myeloid Cell Leukemia-1 (MCL-1), binds to and modulates the enzymatic activity of Very Long Chain Acyl CoA Dehydrogenase (VLCAD), thereby regulating fatty acid β-oxidation. This finding is employed in compositions and methods of treating cancer, metabolic diseases, or other conditions characterized by excessive fatty acid β-oxidation by blocking or reducing the energy production of cells (e.g., cancer) through inhibiting the MCL-1/VLCAD interaction and/or directly inhibiting VLCAD enzymatic activity. In addition, the disclosure features methods for identifying such agents that inhibit the interaction between MCL-1 and VLCAD or that inhibit VLCAD enzymatic activity.

Provided herein are methods for inkjet printing objects, including objects which may be used as elements of microfluidic devices. The microfluidic devices incorporating the elements are also provided. Such microfluidic devices include those configured to quantify the expression and activity of exosomal matrix metalloprotease, MMP14. These microfluidic devices may be used in methods of monitoring breast cancer in patients having breast cancer.

The invention is concerned with a method of predicting response to a PD-1 axis inhibitor such as anti-PD-L1 antibody by determing the abundance of stem cell maintenance-related genes in a tumor tissue sample. The abundance of stem cell maintenance-related genes characterized by enhanced expressions of ASPM, CNOT3, LRPS and PBX1 predicts clinical response to the PD-L1 blockade treatment.