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Bennett S, Alexander E, Fraser H, Bowers N, Wallace A, Woodward ER, Lalloo F, Quinn AM, Huang S, Schlecht H, Evans DG. Germline FFPE inherited cancer panel testing in deceased family members: implications for clinical management of unaffected relatives. Eur J Hum Genet 2021; 29:861-871. [PMID: 33654310 PMCID: PMC8110779 DOI: 10.1038/s41431-021-00817-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2020] [Revised: 01/07/2021] [Accepted: 01/23/2021] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Where previously, germline genetic testing in deceased affected relatives was not possible due to the absence of lymphocytic DNA, the North-West-Genomic-Laboratory Hub (NWGLH) has developed and validated next-generation sequencing based gene panels utilising formalin-fixed-paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue DNA from deceased individuals. This technology has been utilised in the clinical setting for the management of unaffected relatives seen in the Clinical Genetics Service (CGS). Here we assess the clinical impact. At the time of data collection, the NWGLH had analysed 180 FFPE tissue samples from deceased affected individuals: 134 from breast and/or ovarian cancer cases for germline variants in the BRCA1/BRCA2 genes and 46 from colorectal, gastric, ovarian and endometrial cancer cases for germline variants in a panel of 13 genes implicated in inherited colorectal cancer and gastric cancer conditions. Successful analysis was achieved in 140/180 cases (78%). In total, 29 germline pathogenic/likely pathogenic variants were identified in autosomal dominant cancer predisposition genes where the gene was pertinent to the cancer family history (including BRCA1/BRCA2, the mismatch-repair genes and APC). Of the 180 cases, the impact of the result on clinical management of unaffected relatives was known in 143 cases. Of these, the results in 54 cases (38%) directly impacted the clinical management of relatives seen by the CGS. This included changes to risk assessments, screening recommendations and the availability of predictive genetic testing to unaffected relatives. Our data demonstrate how FFPE testing in deceased relatives is an accurate and informative tool in the clinical management of patients referred to the CGS.
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- Sarah Bennett
- Clinical Genetics Service, Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine, St Mary’s Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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- Clinical Genetics Service, Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine, St Mary’s Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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- Northern Regional Genetic Service, Genetics Health Service New Zealand, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
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- North West Genomic Laboratory Hub, Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine, St Mary’s Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Health Innovation Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- North West Genomic Laboratory Hub, Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine, St Mary’s Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Health Innovation Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Clinical Genetics Service, Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine, St Mary’s Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK ,Division of Evolution and Genomic Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Health innovation Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Clinical Genetics Service, Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine, St Mary’s Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Anatomic Pathology, University Hospital Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- North West Genomic Laboratory Hub, Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine, St Mary’s Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Health Innovation Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- North West Genomic Laboratory Hub, Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine, St Mary’s Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Health Innovation Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Clinical Genetics Service, Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine, St Mary’s Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK ,Division of Evolution and Genomic Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Health innovation Manchester, Manchester, UK
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Kauffman RP, Young C, Castracane VD. Perils of prolonged ovarian suppression and hypoestrogenism in the treatment of breast cancer: Is the risk of treatment worse than the risk of recurrence? Mol Cell Endocrinol 2021; 525:111181. [PMID: 33529690 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2021.111181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2020] [Revised: 01/04/2021] [Accepted: 01/21/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Premenopausal breast cancer is usually estrogen receptor positive, and hence, prolonged ovarian suppression by medical or surgical means to prevent recurrence has become standard of management to improve disease-free survival. Ten-year adjuvant tamoxifen therapy is associated with 3.5% fewer recurrences compared to five years. The SOFT trial demonstrated small but statistically significant incremental improvements in long-term disease-free survival by the addition of gonadotropin-releasing hormone analog treatment (triptorelin) to an aromatase inhibitor (exemestane). Profound hypoestrogenism in the premenopausal age group may not be well tolerated due to a host of bothersome side effects (primarily vasomotor symptoms, musculoskeletal complaints, genitourinary syndrome of menopause, and mood disorders). Prolonged hypoestrogenism in younger women is associated with premature development of cardiovascular disease, bone loss, cognitive decline, and all-cause mortality. This paper explores multi-system consequences of prolonged hypoestrogenism in premenopausal women derived from studies of women with and without breast cancer. Pretreatment counseling in estrogen receptor positive breast cancer should emphasize the benefit of prolonged estrogen suppression on breast cancer recurrence and established risks of lifelong hypoestrogenism on quality of life and all-cause mortality. Future genomic research may help identify the best candidates for extended ovarian suppression to avoid treating many women when only a minority benefit.
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- Robert P Kauffman
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine, 1400 S. Coulter Rd, Amarillo, TX, 79106, USA.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine, 1400 S. Coulter Rd, Amarillo, TX, 79106, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine, 1400 S. Coulter Rd, Amarillo, TX, 79106, USA
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Youssef O, Almangush A, Zidi YHS, Loukola A, Carpén O. Nonmalignant Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded Tissues as a Source to Study Germline Variants and Cancer Predisposition: A Systematic Review. Biopreserv Biobank 2020; 18:337-345. [PMID: 32551987 DOI: 10.1089/bio.2020.0021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background: Archived formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) specimens from nonmalignant tissues derived from cancer patients are a vast and potentially valuable resource for high-quality genotyping analyses and could have a role in establishing inherited cancer risk. Methods: We systematically searched PubMed, Ovid MEDLINE, and Scopus databases for all articles that compared genotyping performance of DNA from nonmalignant FFPE tissue with blood DNA derived from cancer patients irrespective of tumor type. Two independent researchers screened the retrieved studies, removed duplicates, excluded irrelevant studies, and extracted genotyping data from the eligible studies. These studies included, but were not limited to, genotyping technique, reported call rate, and concordance. Results: Thirteen studies were reviewed, in which DNA from nonmalignant FFPE tissues derived from cancer patients was successfully purified and genotyped. All these studies used different approaches for genotyping of DNA from nonmalignant FFPE tissues to amplify single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and to estimate of loss of heterozygosity. The concordance between genotypes from nonmalignant FFPE tissues and blood derived from cancer patients was observed to be high, whereas the call rate of the tested SNPs was not reported in all included studies. Conclusion: This review illustrates that DNA from nonmalignant FFPE tissues derived from cancer patients can serve as an alternative and reliable source for assessment of germline DNA for various purposes, including assessment of cancer predisposition.
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- Omar Youssef
- Department of Pathology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Research Program in Systems Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Pathology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Research Program in Systems Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Department of Pathology, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Pathology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Research Program in Systems Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Pathology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Helsinki Biobank, HUS Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Pathology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Research Program in Systems Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Helsinki Biobank, HUS Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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Gornjec A, Novakovic S, Stegel V, Hocevar M, Pohar Marinsek Z, Gazic B, Krajc M, Skof E. Cytology material is equivalent to tumor tissue in determining mutations of BRCA 1/2 genes in patients with tubo-ovarian high grade serous carcinoma. BMC Cancer 2019; 19:296. [PMID: 30940100 PMCID: PMC6444857 DOI: 10.1186/s12885-019-5535-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2018] [Accepted: 03/27/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Background High-grade serous ovarian cancer is a detrimental disease. Treatment options in patients with a recurrent disease are dependent on BRCA1/2 mutation status since only patients with known BRCA mutation are eligible for treatment with poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitors (PARPi). The aim of this study was to compare concordance of BRCA mutation analyses from cytological samples (CS) with BRCA mutation analyses from histological formalin fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) samples. Methods Mutation analysis of BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes was performed in 44 women diagnosed with primary or recurrent high-grade ovarian cancer from three different samples: blood, cytological sample (ascites, pleural effusion and enlarged lymph nodes) and tumor tissue. Results from all three samples were compared. Results Among 44 patients, there were 15 germline mutations and two somatic mutations. A 100% concordance was found between cytological and histologic samples. Conclusion There is a 100% concordance in BRCA mutation testing between cytological and histologic samples. BRCA mutation testing from CS could replace testing from FFPE tissue in clinical decision making in ovarian cancer patients. Trial registration The study was retrospectively registered at ISRCTN registry on 24/11/2015 - ISRCTN42408038.
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- Andreja Gornjec
- Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Institute of Oncology Ljubljana, Zaloška cesta 2, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Molecular diagnostics, Institute of Oncology Ljubljana, Zaloška cesta 2, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Molecular diagnostics, Institute of Oncology Ljubljana, Zaloška cesta 2, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Institute of Oncology Ljubljana, Zaloška cesta 2, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Cythopathology, Institute of Oncology Ljubljana, Zaloška cesta 2, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Pathology, Institute of Oncology Ljubljana, Zaloška cesta 2, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Genetic counselling, Institute of Oncology Ljubljana, Zaloška cesta 2, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Medical oncology, Institute of Oncology Ljubljana, Zaloška cesta 2, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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Lee JW, Shin JY, Seo JS. Identification of novel mutations in FFPE lung adenocarcinomas using DEPArray sorting technology and next-generation sequencing. J Appl Genet 2018. [PMID: 29525983 PMCID: PMC6060994 DOI: 10.1007/s13353-018-0439-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissues are utilized as the standard diagnostic method in pathology laboratories. However, admixture of unwanted tissues and shortage of normal samples, which can be used to detect somatic mutation, are considered critical factors to accurately diagnose cancer. To explore these challenges, we sorted the pure tumor cells from 22 FFPE lung adenocarcinoma tissues via Di-Electro-Phoretic Array (DEPArray) technology, a new cell sorting technology, and analyzed the variants with next-generation sequencing (NGS) for the most accurate analysis. The allele frequencies of the all gene mutations were improved by 1.2 times in cells sorted via DEPArray (tumor suppressor genes, 1.3–10.1 times; oncogenes, 1.3–2.6 times). We identified 16 novel mutations using the sequencing from sorted cells via DEPArray technology, compared to detecting 4 novel mutation by the sequencing from unsorted cells. Using this analysis, we also revealed that five genes (TP53, EGFR, PTEN, RB1, KRAS, and CTNNB1) were somatically mutated in multiple homogeneous lung adenocarcinomas. Together, we sorted pure tumor cells from 22 FFPE lung adenocarcinomas by DEPArray technology and identified 16 novel somatic mutations. We also established the precise genomic landscape for more accurate diagnosis in 22 lung adenocarcinomas with mutations detected in pure tumor cells. The results obtained in this study could offer new avenues for the treatment and the diagnosis of squamous cell lung cancers.
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- Ji Won Lee
- Gongwu Genomic Medicine Institute (G2MI), Medical Research Center, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnamsi, 13605, Republic of Korea.,Genomic Medicine Institute (GMI), Medical Research Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, 03080, Republic of Korea.,Department of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Genomic Medicine Institute (GMI), Medical Research Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, 03080, Republic of Korea.,Macrogen Genome Institute, Medical Research Center, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnamsi, 13605, Republic of Korea
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- Gongwu Genomic Medicine Institute (G2MI), Medical Research Center, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnamsi, 13605, Republic of Korea. .,Genomic Medicine Institute (GMI), Medical Research Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, 03080, Republic of Korea. .,Department of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea. .,Macrogen Genome Institute, Medical Research Center, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnamsi, 13605, Republic of Korea.
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Endris V, Stenzinger A, Pfarr N, Penzel R, Möbs M, Lenze D, Darb-Esfahani S, Hummel M, Sabine-Merkelbach-Bruse, Jung A, Lehmann U, Kreipe H, Kirchner T, Büttner R, Jochum W, Höfler G, Dietel M, Weichert W, Schirmacher P. NGS-based BRCA1/2 mutation testing of high-grade serous ovarian cancer tissue: results and conclusions of the first international round robin trial. Virchows Arch 2016; 468:697-705. [PMID: 27003155 DOI: 10.1007/s00428-016-1919-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2015] [Revised: 12/17/2015] [Accepted: 02/25/2016] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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With the approval of olaparib as monotherapy treatment in platinum-sensitive, relapsed high-grade serous ovarian cancer by the European Medical Agency (EMA), comprehensive genotyping of BRCA1 and BRCA2 in tumor tissue has become a mandatory pre-therapeutic test. This requires significant advances in routine tumor test methodologies due to the large size of both genes and the lack of mutational hot spots. Classical focused screening approaches, like Sanger sequencing, do not allow for a sensitive, rapid, and economic analysis of tumor tissue. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) approaches employing targeted panels for BRCA1/2 to interrogate formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded tumor samples from either surgical resection or biopsy specimens can overcome these limitations. Although focused NGS methods have been implemented by few centers in routine molecular diagnostics for the analysis of some druggable oncogenic mutations, the reliable diagnostic testing of the entire coding regions of BRCA1 and BRCA2 was a new challenge requiring extensive technological improvement and quality management. Here, we describe the implementation and results of the first round robin trial for BRCA1/2 mutation testing in tumor tissue that was conducted in central Europe on May 2015, shortly after the approval and prior to the official release of olaparib. The high success rate of 81 % (21/26 test centers) demonstrates that BRCA1/2 multicenter mutation testing is well feasible in FFPE tumor tissue, extending to other tumor entities beyond ovarian cancer. The high number of test centers passing the trial demonstrates the success of the concerted efforts by German, Swiss, and Austrian pathology centers to ensure quality-controlled NGS-based testing and proves the potential of this technology in routine molecular pathology. On the basis of our results, we provide recommendations for predictive testing of tumor tissue for BRCA1/2 to clinical decision making in ovarian cancer patients.
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- Volker Endris
- Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld, 224, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld, 224, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld, 224, Heidelberg, Germany.,Institute of Pathology, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld, 224, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMU), Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMU), Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
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- Institute of Pathology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Pathology, Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld, 224, Heidelberg, Germany.,Institute of Pathology, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld, 224, Heidelberg, Germany.
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Petersen AH, Aagaard MM, Nielsen HR, Steffensen KD, Waldstrøm M, Bojesen A. Post-mortem testing; germline BRCA1/2 variant detection using archival FFPE non-tumor tissue. A new paradigm in genetic counseling. Eur J Hum Genet 2016; 24:1104-11. [PMID: 26733283 PMCID: PMC4970683 DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2015.268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2015] [Revised: 10/30/2015] [Accepted: 11/26/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Accurate estimation of cancer risk in HBOC families often requires BRCA1/2 testing, but this may be impossible in deceased family members. Previous, testing archival formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue for germline BRCA1/2 variants was unsuccessful, except for the Jewish founder mutations. A high-throughput method to systematically test for variants in all coding regions of BRCA1/2 in archival FFPE samples of non-tumor tissue is described, using HaloPlex target enrichment and next-generation sequencing. In a validation study, correct identification of variants or wild-type was possible in 25 out of 30 (83%) FFPE samples (age range 1–14 years), with a known variant status in BRCA1/2. No false positive was found. Unsuccessful identification was due to highly degraded DNA or presence of large intragenic deletions. In clinical use, a total of 201 FFPE samples (aged 0–43 years) were processed. Thirty-six samples were rejected because of highly degraded DNA or failed library preparation. Fifteen samples were investigated to search for a known variant. In the remaining 150 samples (aged 0–38 years), three variants known to affect function and one variant likely to affect function in BRCA1, six variants known to affect function and one variant likely to affect function in BRCA2, as well as four variants of unknown significance (VUS) in BRCA1 and three VUS in BRCA2 were discovered. It is now possible to test for germline BRCA1/2 variants in deceased persons, using archival FFPE samples from non-tumor tissue. Accurate genetic counseling is achievable in families where variant testing would otherwise be impossible.
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Vejle Hospital, Lillebaelt Hospital, Vejle, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, Vejle Hospital, Lillebaelt Hospital, Vejle, Denmark.,Faculty of Health Sciences, Institute of Regional Health Services Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Institute of Regional Health Services Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.,Department of Pathology, Vejle Hospital, Lillebaelt Hospital, Vejle, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Vejle Hospital, Lillebaelt Hospital, Vejle, Denmark.,Faculty of Health Sciences, Institute of Regional Health Services Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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Genotyping concordance in DNA extracted from formalin-fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) breast tumor and whole blood for pharmacogenetic analyses. Mol Oncol 2015; 9:1868-76. [PMID: 26276228 DOI: 10.1016/j.molonc.2015.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2015] [Revised: 07/17/2015] [Accepted: 07/20/2015] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Cancer pharmacogenetic studies use archival tumor samples as a DNA source when germline DNA is unavailable. Genotyping DNA from formalin-fixed paraffin embedded tumors (FFPE-T) may be inaccurate due to FFPE storage, genetic aberrations, and/or insufficient DNA extraction. Our objective was to assess the extent and source of genotyping inaccuracy from FFPE-T DNA and demonstrate analytical validity of FFPE-T genotyping of candidate single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) for pharmacogenetic analyses. METHODS Cancer pharmacogenetics SNPs were genotyped by Sequenom MassARRAYs in DNA harvested from matched FFPE-T, FFPE lymph node (FFPE-LN), and whole blood leukocyte samples obtained from breast cancer patients. No- and discordant-call rates were calculated for each tissue type and SNP. Analytical validity was defined as any SNP with <5% discordance between FFPE-T and blood and <10% discordance plus no-calls. RESULTS Matched samples from 114 patients were genotyped for 247 SNPs. No-call rate in FFPE-T was greater than FFPE-LN and blood (4.3% vs. 3.0% vs. 0.5%, p < 0.001). Discordant-call rate between FFPE-T and blood was very low, but greater than that between FFPE-LN and blood (1.1% vs. 0.3%, p < 0.001). Samples with heterozygous genotypes were more likely to be no- or discordantly-called in either tissue (p < 0.001). Analytical validity of FFPE-T genotyping was demonstrated for 218 (88%) SNPs. CONCLUSIONS No- and discordant-call rates were below concerning thresholds, confirming that most SNPs can be accurately genotyped from FFPE-T on our Sequenom platform. FFPE-T is a viable DNA source for prospective-retrospective pharmacogenetic analyses of clinical trial cohorts.
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Okayama N, Nishioka M, Hazama S, Sakai K, Suehiro Y, Maekawa M, Sakamoto JI, Iwamoto S, Kato T, Mishima H, Oka M, Hinoda Y. The importance of evaluation of DNA amplificability in KRAS mutation testing with dideoxy sequencing using formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded colorectal cancer tissues. Jpn J Clin Oncol 2010; 41:165-71. [PMID: 20926413 DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyq173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE We evaluated DNA amplificability to achieve a 100% success rate in KRAS mutation testing with dideoxy sequencing using formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded colorectal cancer tissue samples obtained from a recent clinical trial. METHODS We evaluated the effects of deparaffinization, formalin fixation or storage time, and amplicon size on the amplificability of DNAs extracted from 19 formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded colorectal cancer tissue samples. We subjected to KRAS mutation analysis 112 samples from metastatic colorectal cancer patients in 31 hospitals enrolled in a Phase II trial of a second-line FOLFIRI (5-fluorouracil+ leucovorin + irinotecan) + cetuximab regimen. RESULTS Deparaffinization, formalin fixation and storage times did not appear to affect the recovery and amplificability of DNAs. However, amplicon size had a remarkable effect on the amplificability of DNAs. The smaller fragments with a size of ≤278 bp (96-278 bp) were successfully amplified with polymerase chain reaction in all samples tested, whereas the larger fragments with a size of ≥298 bp (298-565 bp) were not amplified. All samples from our clinical trial were successfully analyzed using three sets of primers with the amplicon sizes of 201, 221 and 240 bp, and KRAS mutations in exons 2 and 3 were detected in 49 of the 112 cases (43.8%). CONCLUSIONS These data suggest that the evaluation of DNA amplificability and amplicon size is important for the success of mutation detection tests such as the KRAS test with dideoxy sequencing using formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded tissue samples in the clinical setting.
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- Naoko Okayama
- Division of Laboratory, Yamaguchi University Hospital, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan
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Mangold KA, Wang V, Weissman SM, Rubinstein WS, Kaul KL. Detection of BRCA1 and BRCA2 Ashkenazi Jewish founder mutations in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues using conventional PCR and heteroduplex/amplicon size differences. J Mol Diagn 2009; 12:20-6. [PMID: 19959799 DOI: 10.2353/jmoldx.2010.090023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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In many families with histories suggestive of BRCA1- or BRCA2-related disease, the proband is deceased. Reliable assessment of archived tissue blocks not amenable to full gene sequencing would be helpful. In this study, a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay using primers that bracket the BRCA mutation site and microfluidics-based detection of heteroduplex/amplicon size differences was developed to circumvent artifacts associated with low quality DNA from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue. Genomic DNA was extracted from 100 FFPE specimens from patients that had previously undergone BRCA gene sequence analysis on blood specimens. Conventional PCR amplification products were differentiated using the Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer. One FFPE specimen failed to amplify the wild-type alleles for all three sites and was therefore called indeterminate. All 62 FFPE specimens with known Ashkenazi Jewish founder mutations had both the wild-type and the correct mutated allele amplified, including one specimen that failed to amplify the mutant allele in other real-time PCR assays. Appropriately, 21 FFPE specimens known to have other BRCA1/2 mutations and 16 without any mutation had only the wild-type allele correctly amplified for each target. Therefore, by changing the primer location and detecting amplicons via heteroduplexes formed by size differences, we identified mutations from FFPE tissues missed using real-time methods.
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- Kathy A Mangold
- Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, NorthShore University HealthSystem, 2650 Ridge Avenue, Evanston, IL 60201, USA.
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Zhang L, Kirchhoff T, Yee CJ, Offit K. A rapid and reliable test for BRCA1 and BRCA2 founder mutation analysis in paraffin tissue using pyrosequencing. J Mol Diagn 2009; 11:176-81. [PMID: 19324993 DOI: 10.2353/jmoldx.2009.080137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The founder mutations in BRCA (BRCA1*185delAG, BRCA1*5382insC, and BRCA2*6174delT) account for 95% of the detectable BRCA mutations in breast and ovarian cancer families of Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry. Optimal clinical management of individuals from these high-risk families relies on the identification of BRCA founder mutations in the laboratory. We have therefore developed a rapid and reliable approach using pyrosequencing, which allows for the detection of these frequent frameshift mutations on different types of specimens. We were able to correctly identify all mutants in a blinded analysis of 177 DNA samples, including 120 DNA samples extracted from paraffin tissues, 30 samples derived from blood specimens, and 27 samples derived from saliva. The mutation detection rate of pyrosequencing was 100% for all of the DNA samples tested with neither false-positive nor false-negative results. The assay also demonstrated both high accuracy and high precision for the detection of these common mutations in paraffin tissues. Furthermore, saliva collection is a noninvasive alternative for DNA isolation in both clinical and research settings. We show that pyrosequencing is a rapid and reliable method that serves as an excellent platform for BRCA founder mutation analysis, especially when only paraffin-embedded tissues are available.
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- Liying Zhang
- Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065, USA.
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Lynch HT, Silva E, Snyder C, Lynch JF. Hereditary breast cancer: part I. Diagnosing hereditary breast cancer syndromes. Breast J 2007; 14:3-13. [PMID: 18086272 DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2007.00515.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Hereditary breast cancer (HBC) accounts for as much as 10% of the total BC burden. Most of these cases will be found to be due to a BRCA germline mutation. An estimated additional 15-20% of those affected with BC will have one or more first- and/or second-degree relatives with BC. Therefore, when these numbers are combined, familial BC risk accounts for approximately 20-25% of the total BC burden. However, because of the often limited information on family history in the etiologic assessment of BC, this may be an underestimate. Confounding factors include its phenotypic and genotypic heterogeneity, given the association of HBC with a plethora of differing cancer syndromes. Its most common occurrence is its association with ovarian cancer in the so-called hereditary breast-ovarian cancer syndrome due to BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations. More rarely, it occurs in the Li-Fraumeni syndrome, caused by a p53 germline mutation, in which markedly early-onset BC is found in association with brain tumors, sarcomas, leukemia, lymphoma, malignant melanoma, and adrenal cortical carcinoma. Importantly, the age-adjusted incidence of BC in women in the United States fell sharply, by 6.7%, in 2003, when compared with the rate identified in 2002. We postulate that increasing knowledge about the genetics of BC may have partially contributed to the identification of high-risk patients who thereby may have benefited significantly from early diagnosis.
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- Henry T Lynch
- Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska 68178, USA.
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Smith KL, Adank M, Kauff N, Lafaro K, Boyd J, Lee JB, Hudis C, Offit K, Robson M. BRCA mutations in women with ductal carcinoma in situ. Clin Cancer Res 2007; 13:4306-10. [PMID: 17634561 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-07-0146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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PURPOSE The strength of the association between ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and BRCA mutations has not been defined. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Mutation frequency was compared in three groups: (1) a prevalent series of women with DCIS, (2) an incident series of women with DCIS, and (3) a clinic-based series of women with DCIS referred for hereditary cancer risk assessment. In groups 1 and 2, limited to Ashkenazi Jewish (AJ) cases, mutation frequency was compared with that in age-matched AJ controls with invasive breast cancer (IBC). RESULTS In group 1, 3 of 62 (4.8%) women with DCIS and 15 of 130 (11.5%) controls with IBC had BRCA mutations. In group 2, 0 of 58 (0%) women with DCIS and 6 of 116 (5.2%) controls with IBC had BRCA mutations [combined odds ratios (OR) in groups 1 and 2: 3.64, 95% confidence interval (95% CI), 1.06-12.46; P=0.04]. In group 3, deleterious mutations were identified in 10 of 79 (12.7%) probands with DCIS, similar to the frequency in IBC probands. In group 3, mutations were associated with family history of ovarian cancer (OR, 13.35; 95% CI, 2.48-71.94; P=0.003) or early onset breast cancer (OR, 16.23; 95% CI, 1.68-157.01; P=0.02) but not with AJ ethnicity or age at diagnosis. CONCLUSIONS BRCA mutations were less frequent in women with DCIS not selected for family history or age at diagnosis than in women with IBC. Nonetheless, mutations were found in a significant proportion of women with DCIS who presented for hereditary risk assessment.
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- Karen Lisa Smith
- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA
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