Clinical genomic profiling to identify actionable alterations for very early relapsed triple-negative breast cancer patients in the Chinese population

BACKGROUND: Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) represents about 19% of all breast cancer cases in the Chinese population. Lack of targeted therapy contributes to the poorer outcomes compared with other breast cancer subtypes. Comprehensive genomic profiling helps to explore the clinically relevant genomic alterations (CRGAs) and potential therapeutic targets in very-early-relapsed TNBC patients.

METHODS: Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tumour tissue specimens from 23 patients with very-early-relapsed TNBC and 13 patients with disease-free survival (DFS) more than 36 months were tested by FoundationOne CDx (F1CDx) in 324 genes and select gene rearrangements, along with genomic signatures including microsatellite instability (MSI) and tumour mutational burden (TMB).

RESULTS: In total, 137 CRGAs were detected in the 23 very-early-relapsed TNBC patients, averaging six alterations per sample. The mean TMB was 4 Muts/Mb, which was higher than that in non-recurrence patients, and is statistically significant. The top-ranked altered genes were TP53 (83%), PTEN (35%), RB1 (30%), PIK3CA (26%) and BRCA1 (22%). RB1 mutation carriers had shorter DFS. Notably, 100% of these patients had at least one CRGA, and 87% of patients had at least one actionable alteration. In pathway analysis, patients who carried a mutation in the cell cycle pathway were more likely to experience very early recurrence. Strikingly, we detected one patient with ERBB2 amplification and one patient with ERBB2 exon20 insertion, both of which were missed by immunohistochemistry (IHC). We also detected novel alterations of ROS1-EPHA7 fusion for the first time, which has not been reported in breast cancer before.

CONCLUSIONS: The comprehensive genomic profiling can identify novel treatment targets and address the limited options in TNBC patients. Therefore, incorporating F1CDx into TNBC may shed light on novel therapeutic opportunities for these very-early-relapsed TNBC patients.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:53

Enthalten in:

Annals of medicine - 53(2021), 1 vom: 16. Dez., Seite 1358-1369

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Liye [VerfasserIn]
Zhai, Qinglian [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Qianyi [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Kaping [VerfasserIn]
Zheng, Qiufan [VerfasserIn]
Hong, Ruoxi [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Shusen [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Biomarkers, Tumor
Chinese patients
Clinical relevant genomic alterations
EC 2.7.10.1
Journal Article
Mutation
Next generation sequencing
Pathway
Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
Proto-Oncogene Proteins
ROS1 protein, human
Receptor, EphA7
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Triple-negative breast cancer

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Date Completed 23.12.2021

Date Revised 23.12.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/07853890.2021.1966086

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM329405675