Pulmonary Sarcomatoid Carcinomas Commonly Harbor Either Potentially Targetable Genomic Alterations or High Tumor Mutational Burden as Observed by Comprehensive Genomic Profiling

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INTRODUCTION: Pulmonary sarcomatoid carcinoma (PSC) is a high-grade NSCLC characterized by poor prognosis and resistance to chemotherapy. Development of targeted therapeutic strategies for PSC has been hampered because of limited and inconsistent molecular characterization.

METHODS: Hybrid capture-based comprehensive genomic profiling was performed on DNA from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded sections of 15,867 NSCLCs, including 125 PSCs (0.8%). Tumor mutational burden (TMB) was calculated from 1.11 megabases (Mb) of sequenced DNA.

RESULTS: The median age of the patients with PSC was 67 years (range 32-87), 58% were male, and 78% had stage IV disease. Tumor protein p53 gene (TP53) genomic alterations (GAs) were identified in 74% of cases, which had genomics distinct from TP53 wild-type cases, and 62% featured a GA in KRAS (34%) or one of seven genes currently recommended for testing in the National Comprehensive Cancer Network NSCLC guidelines, including the following: hepatocyte growth factor receptor gene (MET) (13.6%), EGFR (8.8%), BRAF (7.2%), erb-b2 receptor tyrosine kinase 2 gene (HER2) (1.6%), and ret proto-oncogene (RET) (0.8%). MET exon 14 alterations were enriched in PSC (12%) compared with non-PSC NSCLCs (∼3%) (p < 0.0001) and were more prevalent in PSC cases with an adenocarcinoma component. The fraction of PSC with a high TMB (>20 mutations per Mb) was notably higher than in non-PSC NSCLC (20% versus 14%, p = 0.056). Of nine patients with PSC treated with targeted or immunotherapies, three had partial responses and three had stable disease.

CONCLUSION: Potentially targetable GAs in National Comprehensive Cancer Network NSCLC genes (30%) or intermediate or high TMB (43%, >10 mutations per Mb) were identified in most of the PSC cases. Thus, the use of comprehensive genomic profiling in clinical care may provide important treatment options for a historically poorly characterized and difficult to treat disease.

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CommentIn: J Thorac Oncol. 2017 Jun;12(6):910-912. - PMID 28532559

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

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Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer - 12(2017), 6 vom: 11. Juni, Seite 932-942

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Schrock, Alexa B [VerfasserIn]
Li, Shuyu D [VerfasserIn]
Frampton, Garrett M [VerfasserIn]
Suh, James [VerfasserIn]
Braun, Eduardo [VerfasserIn]
Mehra, Ranee [VerfasserIn]
Buck, Steven C [VerfasserIn]
Bufill, Jose A [VerfasserIn]
Peled, Nir [VerfasserIn]
Karim, Nagla Abdel [VerfasserIn]
Hsieh, K Cynthia [VerfasserIn]
Doria, Manuel [VerfasserIn]
Knost, James [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Rong [VerfasserIn]
Ou, Sai-Hong Ignatius [VerfasserIn]
Ross, Jeffrey S [VerfasserIn]
Stephens, Philip J [VerfasserIn]
Fishkin, Paul [VerfasserIn]
Miller, Vincent A [VerfasserIn]
Ali, Siraj M [VerfasserIn]
Halmos, Balazs [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Jane J [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

BRAF
Biomarkers, Tumor
Genomic profiling
Immunotherapy
Journal Article
Lung sarcomatoid
MAS1 protein, human
MET exon 14
Proto-Oncogene Mas
Tumor mutational burden

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Date Completed 14.03.2018

Date Revised 19.04.2022

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CommentIn: J Thorac Oncol. 2017 Jun;12(6):910-912. - PMID 28532559

Citation Status MEDLINE

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10.1016/j.jtho.2017.03.005

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NLM270054537