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Alos L, Carrasco A, Teixidó C, Szumera-Ciećkiewicz A, Vicente A, Massi D, Carrera C. Melanoma on congenital melanocytic nevi. Pathol Res Pract 2024; 256:155262. [PMID: 38518732 DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2024.155262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2024] [Revised: 03/06/2024] [Accepted: 03/08/2024] [Indexed: 03/24/2024]
Abstract
Among nevus-associated melanomas, which overall account for 20%-30% of all melanomas, those arising specifically in congenital melanocytic nevi are infrequent, but can be disproportionately frequent in childhood and adolescence. Congenital melanocytic nevi (CMNi) are common benign melanocytic tumors that are present at birth or become apparent in early childhood. They are classified based on the projected adult size. Small and medium-sized CMNi are frequent, whereas large/giant CMNi (over 20 cm in diameter) are rare, but can be associated with high morbidity due to marked aesthetic impairment and the risk of neurocutaneous syndrome or melanoma development. In this setting, melanomas can appear in early childhood and are very aggressive, while the risk of small-medium CMNi of developing melanoma is low and similar to non-congenital melanocytic nevi. Histologically, most melanomas on CMNi initiate their growth at the epidermal-dermal junction, but in large/giant CMNi they can develop entirely in the dermis, in deeper tissues, or in extracutaneous sites (especially in the central nervous system). Most CMNi harbour an NRAS mutation, but other genes are rarely involved, and gene translocations have recently been described. However, no prognostic implications have been associated with the CMN genotype. Melanomas developed on CMNi harbour additional molecular alterations to which the aggressive clinical course of these tumors has been attributed. This review covers the distinctive clinical and pathological aspects of melanomas on CMNi, and includes the epidemiology, etiopathogenesis, clinical and dermoscopic presentation, histological and molecular characteristics, as well as tumour behaviour.
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- Llucia Alos
- Department of Pathology, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; EORTC (European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer) Melanoma Group
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- Department of Pathology, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Pathology, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; Molecular Biology Core, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- EORTC (European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer) Melanoma Group; Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Department of Pathology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Pediatric Dermatology Department, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues del Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- EORTC (European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer) Melanoma Group; Pathology Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; Department of Dermatology, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spain.
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Karachaliou N, Codony-Servat J, Teixidó C, Pilotto S, Drozdowskyj A, Codony-Servat C, Giménez-Capitán A, Molina-Vila MA, Bertrán-Alamillo J, Gervais R, Massuti B, Morán T, Majem M, Felip E, Carcereny E, García-Campelo R, Viteri S, González-Cao M, Morales-Espinosa D, Verlicchi A, Crisetti E, Chaib I, Santarpia M, Luis Ramírez J, Bosch-Barrera J, Felipe Cardona A, de Marinis F, López-Vivanco G, Miguel Sánchez J, Vergnenegre A, Sánchez Hernández JJ, Sperduti I, Bria E, Rosell R. Author Correction: BIM and mTOR expression levels predict outcome to erlotinib in EGFR-mutant non-small-cell lung cancer. Sci Rep 2023; 13:3620. [PMID: 36869103 PMCID: PMC9984426 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-30374-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/05/2023] Open
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- Niki Karachaliou
- grid.440085.d0000 0004 0615 254XInstituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Quiron-Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology, University of Verona, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy
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- grid.418189.d0000 0001 2175 1768Centre François Baclesse, Caen, France
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- grid.411086.a0000 0000 8875 8879Hospital General de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Oncology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
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- grid.413396.a0000 0004 1768 8905Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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- grid.411083.f0000 0001 0675 8654Hospital Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Oncology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
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- grid.411066.40000 0004 1771 0279Complexo Hospitalario Universitario La Coruña, La Coruña, Spain
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- grid.440085.d0000 0004 0615 254XInstituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Quiron-Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- grid.440085.d0000 0004 0615 254XInstituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Quiron-Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- grid.440085.d0000 0004 0615 254XInstituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Quiron-Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- grid.415207.50000 0004 1760 3756Ospedale Santa Maria delle Croci, Ravenna, Italy
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- grid.10796.390000000121049995Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Institute of Respiratory Diseases, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
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- Catalan Institute of Oncology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
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- grid.10438.3e0000 0001 2178 8421Human Pathology Department, Medical Oncology Unit, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Catalan Institute of Oncology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
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- grid.411295.a0000 0001 1837 4818Catalan Institute of Oncology, Hospital Josep Trueta, Girona, Spain
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- Clinical and Traslational Oncology Group, Institute of Oncology, Clínica del Country, Bogotá, Colombia
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- grid.15667.330000 0004 1757 0843Divisione di Oncologica Toracica, Direttore, Istituto Europeo di Oncologia—IEO, Milano, Italy
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- grid.411232.70000 0004 1767 5135Chief, Medical Oncology Service, Hospital de Cruces, Barakaldo, Vizcaya Spain
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- grid.411251.20000 0004 1767 647XMedical Oncology Service, Hospital de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain
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- grid.417520.50000 0004 1760 5276Biostatistics, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology, University of Verona, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy
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- Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Quiron-Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain. .,Pangaea Biotech, Barcelona, Spain. .,Catalan Institute of Oncology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain. .,Molecular Oncology Research (MORe) Foundation, Barcelona, Spain. .,Germans Trias i Pujol Health Sciences Institute and Hospital, Campus Can Ruti, Barcelona, Spain.
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Laguna J, Gonzalez-Aguado L, Auclin E, Torres-Jiménez J, Albarrán-Artahona V, Pastor B, Gorría T, Moreno L, Potrony M, Reyes R, Martínez D, Castillo O, Viñolas N, Gaba L, Adamo B, Arcocha A, Puig-Butillé J, Prat A, Teixidó C, Reguart N, Mezquita L. P1.07-02 Personal and Family HiStory of CANcer in Patients with Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: Preliminary Data of the SCAN Study. J Thorac Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2022.07.174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Gorria T, Torres-Jiménez J, Auclin E, Castro N, Albarrán-Artahona V, Ruffinelli J, Pinato D, Routy B, Nana FA, Reyes R, Viñolas N, Teixidó C, Blanc-Durand F, Planchard D, Lopes G, Nadal E, Arasanz H, Pascal M, Prat A, Reguart N, Besse B, Mezquita L. EP08.01-091 Association of dNLR Score with Outcomes in Patients with Advanced NSCLC Under Immunotherapy Alone +/- Chemotherapy Upfront. J Thorac Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2022.07.663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Laguna J, Torres-Jiménez J, Auclin E, Gonzalez-Aguado L, Albarrán-Artahona V, Pastor B, Gorría T, Moreno L, Potrony M, Reyes R, Blasco P, Martínez D, Viñolas N, Gaba L, Adamo B, Arcocha A, Puig-Butillé J, Prat A, Teixidó C, Reguart N, Mezquita L. EP03.01-012 Characterization of Lung Cancer in Patients With High Familial Aggregation of Cancer: Preliminary Data From the SCAN Study. J Thorac Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2022.07.407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Mezquita L, Riudavets M, Garcia de Herreros M, Auclin E, Dorta M, Albarran V, Aldea M, Naltet C, Grecea M, Martin-Romano P, Lacroix L, Nicotra C, Arcocha A, Gazzah A, Pipinikas C, Morris C, Howarth K, Teixidó C, Reyes R, Viñolas N, Massard C, Barlesi F, Planchard D, Besse B. P1.16-02 Clinical Utility of ctDNA in Advanced NSCLC at Diagnosis or Where Insufficient Tissue Was Available, Based on the ESMO ESCAT Scale. J Thorac Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2022.07.211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Albarrán-Artahona V, Torres-Jiménez J, Auclin E, Esteban-Villarrubia J, Sánchez-Gastaldo A, Benítez-López G, Garde-Noguera J, Pérez-Gracia J, Soler J, Areses M, Olmedo-García E, Insa A, Torres-Martínez A, Roa D, Dorta M, Cárdenas N, Laguna J, Teixidó C, Mezquita L. EP08.02-149 Spanish Multicenter Retrospective Study of Real-Life Experience of Advanced NSCLC with EGFR Exon 20 Insertions Treated With Amivantamab. J Thorac Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2022.07.832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Torres Jiménez J, Gorria T, Auclin E, Castro N, Albarrán-Artahona V, Ruffinelli J, Pinato D, Routy B, Aboubakar Nana F, Reyes R, Viñolas N, Blanc-Durand F, Lopes G, Nadal E, Arasanz H, Pascal M, Teixidó C, Besse B, Reguart N, Mezquita L, Torres Jiménez J. EP08.01-090 Association of Gender and Outcomes in Patients With Advanced NSCLC Treated With Immunotherapy Alone or in Combination With Chemotherapy Upfront. J Thorac Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2022.07.662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Duch P, Díaz-Valdivia N, Ikemori R, Gabasa M, Radisky ES, Arshakyan M, Gea-Sorlí S, Mateu-Bosch A, Bragado P, Carrasco JL, Mori H, Ramírez J, Teixidó C, Reguart N, Fillat C, Radisky DC, Alcaraz J. Aberrant TIMP-1 overexpression in tumor-associated fibroblasts drives tumor progression through CD63 in lung adenocarcinoma. Matrix Biol 2022; 111:207-225. [PMID: 35787446 PMCID: PMC9667815 DOI: 10.1016/j.matbio.2022.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2021] [Revised: 06/10/2022] [Accepted: 06/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
Abstract
Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 (TIMP-1) is an important regulator of extracellular matrix turnover that has been traditionally regarded as a potential tumor suppressor owing to its inhibitory effects of matrix metalloproteinases. Intriguingly, this interpretation has been challenged by the consistent observation that increased expression of TIMP-1 is associated with poor prognosis in virtually all cancer types including lung cancer, supporting a tumor-promoting function. However, how TIMP-1 is dysregulated within the tumor microenvironment and how it drives tumor progression in lung cancer is poorly understood. We analyzed the expression of TIMP-1 and its cell surface receptor CD63 in two major lung cancer subtypes: lung adenocarcinoma (ADC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), and defined the tumor-promoting effects of their interaction. We found that TIMP-1 is aberrantly overexpressed in tumor-associated fibroblasts (TAFs) in ADC compared to SCC. Mechanistically, TIMP-1 overexpression was mediated by the selective hyperactivity of the pro-fibrotic TGF-β1/SMAD3 pathway in ADC-TAFs. Likewise, CD63 was upregulated in ADC compared to SCC cells. Genetic analyses revealed that TIMP-1 secreted by TGF-β1-activated ADC-TAFs is both necessary and sufficient to enhance growth and invasion of ADC cancer cells in culture, and that tumor cell expression of CD63 was required for these effects. Consistently, in vivo analyses revealed that ADC cells co-injected with fibroblasts with reduced SMAD3 or TIMP-1 expression into immunocompromised mice attenuated tumor aggressiveness compared to tumors bearing parental fibroblasts. We also found that high TIMP1 and CD63 mRNA levels combined define a stronger prognostic biomarker than TIMP1 alone. Our results identify an excessive stromal TIMP-1 within the tumor microenvironment selectively in lung ADC, and implicate it in a novel tumor-promoting TAF-carcinoma crosstalk, thereby pointing to TIMP-1/CD63 interaction as a novel therapeutic target in lung cancer.
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- Paula Duch
- Unit of Biophysics and Bioengineering, Department of Biomedicine, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona 08036, Spain
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- Unit of Biophysics and Bioengineering, Department of Biomedicine, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona 08036, Spain
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- Unit of Biophysics and Bioengineering, Department of Biomedicine, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona 08036, Spain
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- Unit of Biophysics and Bioengineering, Department of Biomedicine, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona 08036, Spain; Thoracic Oncology Unit, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Barcelona 08036, Spain
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL 32224, United States
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- Unit of Biophysics and Bioengineering, Department of Biomedicine, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona 08036, Spain
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- Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona 08036, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), Madrid 08029, Spain
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- Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona 08036, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), Madrid 08029, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Sanitarias San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, 28040, Spain; Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Unit of Biostatistics, Department of Basic Clinical Practice, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Center for Immunology and Infectious Diseases, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, United States
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- Thoracic Oncology Unit, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Barcelona 08036, Spain; Pathology Service, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona 08036, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid 28029, Spain
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- Thoracic Oncology Unit, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Barcelona 08036, Spain; Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona 08036, Spain; Pathology Service, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona 08036, Spain
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- Thoracic Oncology Unit, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Barcelona 08036, Spain; Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona 08036, Spain
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- Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona 08036, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), Madrid 08029, Spain; Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL 32224, United States
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- Unit of Biophysics and Bioengineering, Department of Biomedicine, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona 08036, Spain; Thoracic Oncology Unit, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Barcelona 08036, Spain; Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute for Science and Technology (BIST), Barcelona 08028, Spain.
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López-Castro R, García-Peña T, Mielgo-Rubio X, Riudavets M, Teixidó C, Vilariño N, Couñago F, Mezquita L. Targeting molecular alterations in non-small-cell lung cancer: what's next? Per Med 2022; 19:341-359. [PMID: 35748237 DOI: 10.2217/pme-2021-0059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
In recent years, major advances have been achieved in our understanding of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with oncogenic driver alterations and in the specific treatment of these with tyrosine kinase inhibitors. Currently, state-of-the-art management of patients with NSCLC (particularly adenocarcinoma or non-adenocarcinoma but with mild tobacco exposure) consists of the determination of EGFR, ALK, ROS1 and BRAF status, as they have US FDA and EMA approved targeted therapies. The increase in molecular knowledge of NSCLC and the development of drugs against other targets has settled new therapeutic indications. In this review we have incorporated the development around MET, KRAS and NTRK in the diagnosis of NSCLC given the therapeutic potential that they represent, as well as the drugs approved for these indications.
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- Rafael López-Castro
- Medical Oncology Department, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Valladolid, 47003, Spain
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- Medical Oncology Department, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Valladolid, 47003, Spain
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- Medical Oncology Department, Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón, Alcorcón, Madrid, 28922, Spain
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- Medical Oncology Department, Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif, 94805, France
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- Thoracic Tumors Unit, Pathology Department, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Barcelona, 08036, Spain
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- Medical Oncology Department, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Hospital Duran i Reynals, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, 08908, Spain
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Hospital Universitario Quirónsalud Madrid, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, 28223, Spain.,Department of Radiation Oncology, Hospital La Luz, Madrid, 28003, Spain.,Medicine Department, School of Biomedical Sciences, Universidad Europea, Villaviciosa de Odón, Madrid, 28670, Spain
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- Thoracic Tumors Unit, Medical Oncology Department, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Barcelona, 08036, Spain
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García-Pardo M, Gorria T, Malenica I, Corgnac S, Teixidó C, Mezquita L. Vaccine Therapy in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Vaccines (Basel) 2022; 10:vaccines10050740. [PMID: 35632496 PMCID: PMC9146850 DOI: 10.3390/vaccines10050740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2022] [Revised: 05/06/2022] [Accepted: 05/07/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
Abstract
Immunotherapy using immune checkpoint modulators has revolutionized the oncology field, emerging as a new standard of care for multiple indications, including non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, prognosis for patients with lung cancer is still poor. Although immunotherapy is highly effective in some cases, not all patients experience significant or durable responses, and further strategies are needed to improve outcomes. Therapeutic cancer vaccines are designed to exploit the body’s immune system to activate long-lasting memory against tumor cells that ensure tumor regression, with minimal toxicity. A unique feature of cancer vaccines lies in their complementary approach to boost antitumor immunity that could potentially act synergistically with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs). However, single-line immunization against tumor epitopes with vaccine-based therapeutics has been disappointingly unsuccessful, to date, in lung cancer. The high level of success of several recent vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 has highlighted the evolving advances in science and technology in the vaccines field, raising hope that this strategy can be successfully applied to cancer treatments. In this review, we describe the biology behind the cancer vaccines, and discuss current evidence for the different types of therapeutic cancer vaccines in NSCLC, including their mechanisms of action, current clinical development, and future strategies.
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- Medical Oncology Department, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain;
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- Laboratory of Hepatobiliary Immunopathology, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Via Manzoni 56, 20089 Milan, Italy;
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- INSERM UMR 1186, Integrative Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy, Gustave Roussy, Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris-Saclay, 94805 Villejuif, France;
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- Department of Pathology, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, University of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain;
- Laboratory of Translational Genomics and Targeted Therapies in Solid Tumors, IDIBAPS, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
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- Medical Oncology Department, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain;
- Laboratory of Translational Genomics and Targeted Therapies in Solid Tumors, IDIBAPS, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Medicine, University of Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
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Gorría Puga T, Teixidó C, Auclin E, Gataa I, Nalda I, Reyes R, Rodriguez A, Riudavets Melia M, Aldea M, Seguí E, Riu G, Arcocha A, Prat A, Viñolas N, Planchard D, Martinez D, Reguart N, Adam J, Besse B, Mezquita L. 184P Association of tumor-associated neutrophils (TAN) with immunotherapy outcomes in patients in advanced non-small cell lung cancer. Ann Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2021.10.204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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Gorría T, Fernández-Mañas L, Auclin E, Reyes R, Castro RL, De Herreros MG, Cruz C, Viladot M, Ghiglione L, Seguí E, Ramírez J, Teixidó C, Sánchez M, Agustí C, Boada M, Antelo M, Castro P, Prat A, Viñolas N, Reguart N, Mezquita L. P09.28 Access to Intermediate and Intensive Care for Patients With Lung Cancer During the COVID-19 Period. J Thorac Oncol 2021. [PMCID: PMC7976939 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2021.01.456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Giménez-Capitán A, Bracht J, García JJ, Jordana-Ariza N, García B, Garzón M, Mayo-de-Las-Casas C, Viteri-Ramirez S, Martinez-Bueno A, Aguilar A, Sullivan IG, Johnson E, Huang CY, Gerlach JL, Warren S, Beechem JM, Teixidó C, Rosell R, Reguart N, Molina-Vila MA. Multiplex Detection of Clinically Relevant Mutations in Liquid Biopsies of Cancer Patients Using a Hybridization-Based Platform. Clin Chem 2021; 67:554-563. [PMID: 33439966 DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/hvaa248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2020] [Accepted: 09/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND With the advent of precision oncology, liquid biopsies are quickly gaining acceptance in the clinical setting. However, in some cases, the amount of DNA isolated is insufficient for Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) analysis. The nCounter platform could be an alternative, but it has never been explored for detection of clinically relevant alterations in fluids. METHODS Circulating-free DNA (cfDNA) was purified from blood, cerebrospinal fluid, and ascites of patients with cancer and analyzed with the nCounter 3 D Single Nucleotide Variant (SNV) Solid Tumor Panel, which allows for detection of 97 driver mutations in 24 genes. RESULTS Validation experiments revealed that the nCounter SNV panel could detect mutations at allelic fractions of 0.02-2% in samples with ≥5 pg mutant DNA/µL. In a retrospective analysis of 70 cfDNAs from patients with cancer, the panel successfully detected EGFR, KRAS, BRAF, PIK3CA, and NRAS mutations when compared with previous genotyping in the same liquid biopsies and paired tumor tissues [Cohen kappa of 0.96 (CI = 0.92-1.00) and 0.90 (CI = 0.74-1.00), respectively]. In a prospective study including 91 liquid biopsies from patients with different malignancies, 90 yielded valid results with the SNV panel and mutations in EGFR, KRAS, BRAF, PIK3CA, TP53, NFE2L2, CTNNB1, ALK, FBXW7, and PTEN were found. Finally, serial liquid biopsies from a patient with NSCLC revealed that the semiquantitative results of the mutation analysis by the SNV panel correlated with the evolution of the disease. CONCLUSIONS The nCounter platform requires less DNA than NGS and can be employed for routine mutation testing in liquid biopsies of patients with cancer.
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- Ana Giménez-Capitán
- Pangaea Oncology, Laboratory of Oncology, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Pangaea Oncology, Laboratory of Oncology, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.,Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Dr Rosell Oncology Institute, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Pangaea Oncology, Laboratory of Oncology, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Pangaea Oncology, Laboratory of Oncology, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Pangaea Oncology, Laboratory of Oncology, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Pangaea Oncology, Laboratory of Oncology, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Dr Rosell Oncology Institute, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Pathology, Thoracic Oncology Unit, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain.,Translational Genomics and Targeted Therapeutics in Solid Tumors, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain
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- Dr Rosell Oncology Institute, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.,Cancer Biology and Precision Medicine Program, Catalán Institute of Oncology, Germans Trias i Pujol Health Sciences Institute and Hospital, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Translational Genomics and Targeted Therapeutics in Solid Tumors, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain.,Medical Oncology, Thoracic Oncology Unit, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
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- Pangaea Oncology, Laboratory of Oncology, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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Capitán AG, Bracht J, Huang CY, Teixidó C, Reguart N, Boykin R, Warren S, Beechem JM, Ramirez SV, García JJ, Aguilar A, Costa RR, Gerlach J, Molina-Vila MA. Abstract 809: nCounter for detection of clinically relevant alterations in exosomes of non-small cell lung cancer cells and patients. Cancer Res 2020. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2020-809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background: ALK, ROS1 and RET fusions and MET exon 14 skipping variant (METex14) are present in 10-15% of advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients and their accurate identification is critical to guide targeted therapies. In a significant number of cancer patients, the tumor tissue available is insufficient for genetic analysis and repeated tissue biopsies for monitoring the course of the disease and the emergence of resistance are not feasible. Liquid biopsies constitute the only alternative available in these cases, but NGS techniques have shown insufficient sensitivity for fusion detection in blood samples. The nCounter technology has been adapted to detect fusions and skipping variants in FFPE tumor biopsies and we aimed to validate it for exosomes.
Methods: Exosomes were purified using a miRCURY kit (Qiagen) and RNA was extracted using the TRI reagent (MRC Inc). A customized nCounter panel (Nanostring) for detection ALK, ROS1 and RET fusion transcripts and MET ex14 mRNA was used with a 10-cycles preamp step. First, proof-of-concept experiments were run by testing exosomes isolated from the culture medium of cell lines. Next, we tested exosomes isolated from the blood of NSCLC patients with know genotypes.
Results: nCounter fusion probes successfully detected ALK, RET and ROS1 fusion transcripts in exosomes isolated from the culture medium of the cell lines H3122 (EML4-ALKv1), H2228 (EML4-ALKv3), HCC78 (SLC34A2-ROS1) and LC/2-Ad (CCDC6-RET). Exosomes from a cell line established from a patient progressing to alectinib were also positive for EML4-ALKv1and showed high MET expression levels, while exosomes from the fusion-negative cell lines A549 and H23 tested negative. Finally, fusion transcripts were detected in exosomes purified from the blood of fusion positive NSCLC patients but not in fusion negative cases.
Conclusions: nCounter can detect ALK, RET and ROS1 fusion transcripts in exosomes purified from the blood of advanced NSCLC patients
Citation Format: Ana Giménez Capitán, Jill Bracht, Chung-Ying Huang, Cristina Teixidó, Noemí Reguart, Rich Boykin, Sarah Warren, Joseph M Beechem, Santiago Viteri Ramirez, Juan José García, Andrés Aguilar, Rafael Rosell Costa, Jay Gerlach, Miguel Angel Molina-Vila. nCounter for detection of clinically relevant alterations in exosomes of non-small cell lung cancer cells and patients [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research 2020; 2020 Apr 27-28 and Jun 22-24. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2020;80(16 Suppl):Abstract nr 809.
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Lladó RR, Esteban CA, Giménez-Capitán A, Daisuke U, Ito M, Tsutani Y, Miyata Y, Teixidó C, Reguart N, Okada M, Rodríguez S, Balada A, Aldeguer E, Ramirez SV, Cao MG, Aguilar A, Rosell R, Vila MAM. Abstract 5594: Inmune gene expression by nCounter in mucinous adenocarcinoma lung cancer. Cancer Res 2020. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2020-5594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Introduction: Although immune checkpoint inhibitors have become a standard of care for multiple cancer types; currently used biomarkers, such as PD-L1 expression, MSI or TMB, fail to identify all responders. In addition, little is known about markers of response to immunotherapy in some infrequent histological subtypes, such as mucinous adenocarcinoma of the lung. Gene expression signatures incorporating not only PD-L1 but also other immune modulators can have a better predictive power, particularly in these histological subtypes.
Methods: A cohort of 165 baseline samples from with stage I-IV non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients was retrospectively analyzed, 55 stage I-IIIA mucinous adenocarcinomas (MA), 31 stage I-IIIA nonmucinous adenocarcinomas (NMA) and 79 stage IIIB-IV NMAs. RNA was extracted from FFPE tumor samples and the expression levels of a 7-gene immune signature (CD4, CD8A, FOXP3, GZMM, INFG, CD274 and PDCD1) were determined using a nCounter panel. Krustal-Wallis test was used for statistical comparisons.
Results: No significant differences were observed in the expression levels of FOXP3 and PDCD1 (codifying forkhead box P3 and PD-1) between the three groups analyzed. In contrast, GZMM, IFNG and CD4 expression (codifying granzyme M, interferon gamma and CD4) was significantly higher in early stage MA compared to stage I-IIIA or stage IIIB-IV NMA. CD8A expression was significantly higher in early stage tumors, independently of the presence of mucinous component. In addition, the levels of CD274 mRNA (codifying PD-L1) were significantly higher in early stage MA compared to advanced stage NMA. Finally, among the stage I-IIIA MA, 27/55 (49%) were KRAS-mutant, but they did not show significant differences with KRAS-wt MAs in the expression of any of the genes tested.
Conclusions: Mucinous adenocarcinoma of the lung shows a different pattern of expression of immune-related genes, which may influence response to immunotherapy.
Citation Format: Ruth Román Lladó, Cristina Aguado Esteban, Ana Giménez-Capitán, Ueda Daisuke, Masaoki Ito, Yasuhiro Tsutani, Yoshihiro Miyata, Cristina Teixidó, Noemí Reguart, Morihito Okada, Sonia Rodríguez, Ariadna Balada, Erika Aldeguer, Santiago Viteri Ramirez, Maria Gonzalez Cao, Andrés Aguilar, Rafael Rosell, Miguel Angel Molina Vila. Inmune gene expression by nCounter in mucinous adenocarcinoma lung cancer [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research 2020; 2020 Apr 27-28 and Jun 22-24. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2020;80(16 Suppl):Abstract nr 5594.
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- 4Instituto Oncológico Dr. Rosell (IOR), Barcelona, Spain
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Pascual T, Gonzalez-Farre B, Teixidó C, Oleaga L, Oses G, Ganau S, Chic N, Riu G, Adamo B, Galván P, Vidal M, Soy D, Urbano Á, Muñoz M, Prat A. Significant Clinical Activity of Olaparib in a Somatic BRCA1-Mutated Triple-Negative Breast Cancer With Brain Metastasis. JCO Precis Oncol 2019; 3:1-6. [DOI: 10.1200/po.19.00012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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- Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Paré L, Pascual T, Seguí E, Teixidó C, Gonzalez-Cao M, Galván P, Rodríguez A, González B, Cuatrecasas M, Pineda E, Torné A, Crespo G, Martin-Algarra S, Pérez-Ruiz E, Reig Ò, Viladot M, Font C, Adamo B, Vidal M, Gaba L, Muñoz M, Victoria I, Ruiz G, Viñolas N, Mellado B, Maurel J, Garcia-Corbacho J, Molina-Vila MÁ, Juan M, Llovet JM, Reguart N, Arance A, Prat A. Association between PD1 mRNA and response to anti-PD1 monotherapy across multiple cancer types. Ann Oncol 2019; 29:2121-2128. [PMID: 30165419 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdy335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Background We hypothesized that the abundance of PD1 mRNA in tumor samples might explain the differences in overall response rates (ORR) observed following anti-PD1 monotherapy across cancer types. Patients and methods RNASeqv2 data from 10 078 tumor samples representing 34 different cancer types was analyzed from TCGA. Eighteen immune-related gene signatures and 547 immune-related genes, including PD1, were explored. Correlations between each gene/signature and ORRs reported in the literature following anti-PD1 monotherapy were calculated. To translate the in silico findings to the clinical setting, we analyzed the expression of PD1 mRNA using the nCounter platform in 773 formalin-fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) tumor samples across 17 cancer types. To test the direct relationship between PD1 mRNA, PDL1 immunohistochemistry (IHC), stromal tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (sTILs) and ORR, we evaluated an independent FFPE-based dataset of 117 patients with advanced disease treated with anti-PD1 monotherapy. Results In pan-cancer TCGA, PD1 mRNA expression was found strongly correlated (r > 0.80) with CD8 T-cell genes and signatures and the proportion of PD1 mRNA-high tumors (80th percentile) within a given cancer type was variable (0%-84%). Strikingly, the PD1-high proportions across cancer types were found strongly correlated (r = 0.91) with the ORR following anti-PD1 monotherapy reported in the literature. Lower correlations were found with other immune-related genes/signatures, including PDL1. Using the same population-based cutoff (80th percentile), similar proportions of PD1-high disease in a given cancer type were identified in our in-house 773 tumor dataset as compared with TCGA. Finally, the pre-established PD1 mRNA FFPE-based cutoff was found significantly associated with anti-PD1 response in 117 patients with advanced disease (PD1-high 51.5%, PD1-intermediate 26.6% and PD1-low 15.0%; odds ratio between PD1-high and PD1-intermediate/low = 8.31; P < 0.001). In this same dataset, PDL1 tumor expression by IHC or percentage of sTILs was not found associated with response. Conclusions Our study provides a clinically applicable assay that links PD1 mRNA abundance, activated CD8 T-cells and anti-PD1 efficacy.
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- L Paré
- Translational Genomic and Targeted Therapeutics in Solid Tumors, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Translational Genomic and Targeted Therapeutics in Solid Tumors, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Translational Genomic and Targeted Therapeutics in Solid Tumors, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Translational Genomic and Targeted Therapeutics in Solid Tumors, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; Pathology Service, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Quironsalud Group, Dr. Rosell Oncology Institute (IOR), Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Translational Genomic and Targeted Therapeutics in Solid Tumors, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Translational Genomic and Targeted Therapeutics in Solid Tumors, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Pathology Service, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Pathology Service, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Translational Genomic and Targeted Therapeutics in Solid Tumors, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Gynecology Service, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Universitario de Burgos, Burgos, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Clínica Universitaria de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Costa del Sol REDISSEC, Marbella, Spain
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- Translational Genomic and Targeted Therapeutics in Solid Tumors, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Translational Genomic and Targeted Therapeutics in Solid Tumors, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Translational Genomic and Targeted Therapeutics in Solid Tumors, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Translational Genomic and Targeted Therapeutics in Solid Tumors, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Translational Genomic and Targeted Therapeutics in Solid Tumors, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Translational Genomic and Targeted Therapeutics in Solid Tumors, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Translational Genomic and Targeted Therapeutics in Solid Tumors, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Translational Genomic and Targeted Therapeutics in Solid Tumors, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Translational Genomic and Targeted Therapeutics in Solid Tumors, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Translational Genomic and Targeted Therapeutics in Solid Tumors, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Translational Genomic and Targeted Therapeutics in Solid Tumors, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Translational Genomic and Targeted Therapeutics in Solid Tumors, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Translational Genomic and Targeted Therapeutics in Solid Tumors, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Pangaea Oncology, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Quirón-Dexeus University Institute, Barcelona, Spain
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- Immunology Department, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- BCLC Group, Translational Research Lab in Hepatic Oncology, IDIBAPS, Hospital Clínic, CIBERehd, Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona; Barcelona, Spain; Mount Sinai Liver Cancer Program, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA; Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Barcelona, Spain
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- Translational Genomic and Targeted Therapeutics in Solid Tumors, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Translational Genomic and Targeted Therapeutics in Solid Tumors, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Translational Genomic and Targeted Therapeutics in Solid Tumors, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
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Giménez-Capitán AA, Huang CY, Bracht J, Boykin R, Mayo-de-las-Casas C, Beechem JM, Teixidó C, Balada-Bel A, Garcia- B, Villatoro S, Garzón M, Jordana-Ariza N, Aguado C, Viteri S, García JJ, Rosell R, Gerlach J, Reguart N, Molina-Vila MA. Abstract 1384: nCounter for detection of clinically relevant alterations in liquid biopsies of solid tumor patients. Cancer Res 2019. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2019-1384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background: With the advent of precision medicine, screening for clinically relevant mutations and gene fusions is mandatory in many tumor types. However, in a significant number of cancer patients, the tumor tissue available is insufficient for genetic analysis. In addition, repeated tissue biopsies for monitoring the course of the disease and the emergence of mechanisms of resistance to targeted therapies are not feasible. Liquid biopsies constitute the only alternative available in these cases. The nCounter technology has been adapted to detect mutations and gene fusions in FFPE biopsies from cancer patients with a minimum requirement of tumor material and sample handling, a short turnaround time and a straightforward data analysis. However, nCounter has not been tested in liquid biopsy samples.
Methods: For mutation analysis, the SNV Solid Tumor Panel was used, which allows for detection of 97 driver mutations in 24 genes. For fusions, a customized panel for ALK, ROS1, RET, and NTRK1 fusion transcripts was used with a 14-cycles preamp step. First, proof-of-concept experiments were run by spiking plasma samples with a mixture of genomic DNAs or RNAs from positive cell lines. Next, 65 circulating-free DNA (cfDNA) samples from advanced cancer patients, previously genotyped by other techniques, were analyzed using the SNV panel. Of those, 60 had been purified from plasma, 4 from ascites and 1 from the pleural effusion. Nineteen were positive for EGFR mutations, 20 for KRAS, 13 for BRAF, 5 for PIK3CA, 2 for NRAS, and 6 were pan-negative. Finally, 8 circulating cell-free RNA samples isolated from plasma were tested with the nCounter Low RNA Input Kit and the lung fusion panel. Of those, 6 corresponded to lung cancer patients harboring ALK or ROS1 rearrangements in tumor tissue, but previous RT-PCR only detected fusions transcripts in 2.
Results: Spiking experiments revealed that the nCounter SNV Panel was able to detect mutations at allelic fractions as low as 0.2% for most of the drivers. When testing liquid biopsies, 63/65 cfDNA samples from cancer patients were evaluable, despite having DNA concentrations lower than 1 ng/µL. The SNV Panel successfully detected EGFR, KRAS, BRAF, PIK3CA and NRAS mutations with a concordance rate of 97.5% with previous genotyping by NGS, Therascreen® or Taqman® with PNA, corresponding to a Cohen’s kappa of 0,913. In the case of the lung fusion panel, ALK, ROS1 and RET fusion transcripts were detected in all spiked plasma cfRNA. Two samples from lung cancer patients with positive RT-PCR results were also detected by the nCounter low-input lung fusion panel. Research is ongoing to further improve the performance of the nCounter low-input fusion panel in liquid biopsy samples.
Conclusions: Our results demonstrate the feasibility of mutation analysis in the cfDNA of advanced cancer patients using nCounter. The nCounter technology also shows promise for the detection of gene fusions in cfRNA
Citation Format: Ana A. Giménez-Capitán, Chung-Ying Huang, Jill Bracht, Rich Boykin, Clara Mayo-de-las-Casas, Joseph M. Beechem, Cristina Teixidó, Ariadna Balada-Bel, Beatriz Garcia-, Sergio Villatoro, Monica Garzón, Nuria Jordana-Ariza, Cristina Aguado, Santiago Viteri, Juan José García, Rafael Rosell, Jay Gerlach, Noemi Reguart, Miguel Angel Molina-Vila. nCounter for detection of clinically relevant alterations in liquid biopsies of solid tumor patients [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2019; 2019 Mar 29-Apr 3; Atlanta, GA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2019;79(13 Suppl):Abstract nr 1384.
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- 1Quiron Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- 1Quiron Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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Esteban CA, Teixidó C, Román R, Capitán AMG, Cabrera C, García M, Casas CDMDL, Arcocha A, Rodriguez S, Reyes R, Marín E, Rosado AP, Karachaliou N, Prat A, Rosell R, Martinez-Bueno A, Molina-Vila MA, Reguart N. Abstract 4905: Comprehensive characterization of MET alterations in a large cohort of 610 advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients. Cancer Res 2019. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2019-4905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background: A variety of alterations in MET have been described in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients, including gene amplification, protein overexpression, splicing variants and point mutations. MET alterations are receiving increasing attention as targets in precision medicine, and several clinical trials of anti-MET agents are ongoing in NSCLC.
Methods: A cohort of 610 patients with stage IIIb-IV NSCLC from two institutions was retrospectively analyzed for MET alterations by next-generation sequencing (NGS) (Ion Torrent PGM® or GeneReader®), nCounter, reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) or immunohistochemistry (IHC) during a 2-year period. Patients positive for MET amplification by NGS or MET overexpression by nCounter and/or IHC were submitted to fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). Representative patients positive for MET exon 14-skipping (METΔex14) mutations by nCounter and/or RT-PCR were confirmed by sequencing exons 13-15 of the METgene.
Results: Overall, MET alterations were found in 116/610 patients (19%). Some patients had ≥2 MET aberrations. The most frequent finding was MET overexpression (58/333; 17.6%), followed by METΔex14 (31/610; 5.1%) and MET point mutations (3/129; 2.3%). Regarding MET amplification, it was found in 24/157 patients (15.3%). MET positivity by IHC (3+, >50%) showed a 90.8% concordance with MET mRNA overexpression by nCounter, with a 0.768 Cohen’s kappa (confidence interval, CI 95% 0.575-0.961). A moderate agreement between RT-PCR and nCounter was found for METΔex14 (Cohen’s kappa 0.629; CI 95% 0.434-0.825). METamplification by FISH was found in the subset of MET-overexpressing patients with the highest mRNA levels by nCounter. Interestingly, a patient with a concomitant EGFR mutation and MET overexpression derived two years clinical benefit from crizotinib.
Conclusions: MET aberrations are present in 19% of advanced NSCLC patients and represent one of the most frequent targetable alterations in this malignancy. A comprehensive testing of MET alterations in advanced NSCLC patients, including NGS and nCounter techniques, is needed to identify a broader number of patients’ candidates for targeted therapies.
Citation Format: Cristina Aguado Esteban, Cristina Teixidó, Ruth Román, Ana María Gimenez Capitán, Carlos Cabrera, Mireia García, Clara D. Mayo De Las Casas, Ainara Arcocha, Sonia Rodriguez, Roxana Reyes, Elba Marín, Ana Perez Rosado, Niki Karachaliou, Aleix Prat, Rafael Rosell, Alejandro Martinez-Bueno, Miguel Angel Molina-Vila, Noemi Reguart. Comprehensive characterization of MET alterations in a large cohort of 610 advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2019; 2019 Mar 29-Apr 3; Atlanta, GA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2019;79(13 Suppl):Abstract nr 4905.
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- 2Pathology Department, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Spain
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- 1Pangaea Oncology, Hospital Quiron Dexeus, Barcelona, Spain
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- 3Medical Oncology Department, IDIBAPS and Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Spain
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- 2Pathology Department, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Spain
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- 3Medical Oncology Department, IDIBAPS and Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Spain
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- 3Medical Oncology Department, IDIBAPS and Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Spain
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- 2Pathology Department, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Spain
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- 4Instituto Oncológico Dr. Rosell (IOR), Sagrat Cor Hospital, Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Spain
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- 3Medical Oncology Department, IDIBAPS and Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Spain
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- 5Catalan Institute of Oncology and Institut d’Investigació en Ciències de la Salut, Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, Barcelona, Spain
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- 3Medical Oncology Department, IDIBAPS and Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Spain
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Reyes R, Mayo-de-las-Casas C, Teixidó C, Cabrera C, Marín E, Vollmer I, Jares P, Garzón M, Molina-Vila MÁ, Reguart N. Clinical Benefit From BRAF/MEK Inhibition in a Double Non-V600E BRAF Mutant Lung Adenocarcinoma: A Case Report. Clin Lung Cancer 2019; 20:e219-e223. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cllc.2019.02.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2018] [Revised: 02/11/2019] [Accepted: 02/21/2019] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Martínez R, Tapia G, De Muga S, Hernández A, Cao MG, Teixidó C, Urrea V, García E, Pedreño-López S, Ibarz L, Blanco J, Clotet B, Cabrera C. Combined assessment of peritumoral Th1/Th2 polarization and peripheral immunity as a new biomarker in the prediction of BCG response in patients with high-risk NMIBC. Oncoimmunology 2019; 8:1602460. [PMID: 31413912 DOI: 10.1080/2162402x.2019.1602460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2018] [Revised: 01/17/2019] [Accepted: 03/29/2019] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Intravesical Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) remains the most effective treatment for high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC), unfortunately there is no validated biomarker to predict clinical outcome. Here we tried to explore the possibility that a combination of the density of peritumoral infiltrating cells (Th1, Th2 and PD-L1) and the composition of peripheral immune cells (neutrophil and lymphocyte counts) could generate a more reliable prognostic biomarker. Twenty-two patients with high-risk NMIBC treated with BCG (10 BCG nonresponders and 12 BCG responders) were selected. BCG responders had significantly lower level of peritumoral T-bet+ cells with an associated higher GATA-3+/T-bet+ ratio (p = 0.04, p = 0.02, respectively). Furthermore, the immune polarization in tissue (GATA-3+/T-bet+ ratio) adjusted for the systemic inflammation (neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio) showed a significantly higher association with the BCG response (p = 0.004). A survival analysis demonstrated prolonged recurrence-free survival (RFS) in patients with a lower T-bet+/Lymphocyte ratio and higher GTR/NLR (p = 0.01). No association was observed between peritumoral PD-L1+ expression and the BCG response. In conclusion, alterations in overall immune function, both local and systemic, may influence the therapeutic response to BCG, therefore a combined analysis of tumoral (Th2/Th1 ratio) and peripheral (NLR) immune composition prior to treatment may be a promising approach to predict the BCG response in high-risk NMIBC patients.
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- Roberto Martínez
- Urology Department, Hospital Universitario Germans Trias i Pujol, IGTP, UAB, Badalona, Spain
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- Pathology Department, Hospital Universitario Germans Trias i Pujol, IGTP, UAB, Badalona, Spain
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- IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute, Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) UAB, Badalona, Spain
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- Pathology Department, Hospital Universitario Germans Trias i Pujol, IGTP, UAB, Badalona, Spain
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- Dr. Rosell Oncology Institute, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Pangaea Biotech, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.,Pathology Department, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute, Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) UAB, Badalona, Spain
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- IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute, Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) UAB, Badalona, Spain
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- IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute, Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) UAB, Badalona, Spain
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- Urology Department, Hospital Universitario Germans Trias i Pujol, IGTP, UAB, Badalona, Spain
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- IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute, Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) UAB, Badalona, Spain.,AIDS and Related Illnesses, Centre for Health and Social Care Research (CESS), Faculty of Medicine, University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia (UVic - UCC), Vic, Barcelona, Spain
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- IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute, Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) UAB, Badalona, Spain.,AIDS and Related Illnesses, Centre for Health and Social Care Research (CESS), Faculty of Medicine, University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia (UVic - UCC), Vic, Barcelona, Spain
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- IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute, Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) UAB, Badalona, Spain
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Teixidó C, Giménez-Capitán A, Molina-Vila MÁ, Peg V, Karachaliou N, Rodríguez-Capote A, Castellví J, Rosell R. RNA Analysis as a Tool to Determine Clinically Relevant Gene Fusions and Splice Variants. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2019; 142:474-479. [PMID: 29565207 DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2017-0134-ra] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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CONTEXT - Technologic advances have contributed to the increasing relevance of RNA analysis in clinical oncology practice. The different genetic aberrations that can be screened with RNA include gene fusions and splice variants. Validated methods of identifying these alterations include fluorescence in situ hybridization, immunohistochemistry, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, and next-generation sequencing, which can provide physicians valuable information on disease and treatment of cancer patients. OBJECTIVE - To discuss the standard techniques available and new approaches for the identification of gene fusions and splice variants in cancer, focusing on RNA analysis and how analytic methods have evolved in both tissue and liquid biopsies. DATA SOURCES - This is a narrative review based on PubMed searches and the authors' own experiences. CONCLUSIONS - Reliable RNA-based testing in tissue and liquid biopsies can inform the diagnostic process and guide physicians toward the best treatment options. Next-generation sequencing methodologies permit simultaneous assessment of molecular alterations and increase the number of treatment options available for cancer patients.
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- From the Department of Pathology, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain (Dr Teixidó); Translational Genomics and Targeted Therapeutics in Solid Tumors, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain (Dr Teixidó); Pangaea Oncology, Oncology Laboratory, Dexeus University Hospital - Quirónsalud Group, Barcelona, Spain (Ms Giménez-Capitán and Drs Molina-Vila, Peg, Karachaliou, Castellví, and Rosell); the Department of Pathology, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain (Drs Peg and Castellví); Morphological Sciences Department, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain (Drs Peg and Castellví); Institute of Oncology Rosell (IOR), University Hospital Sagrat Cor and Quirónsalud Group, Barcelona, Spain (Drs Karachaliou and Rosell); the Department of Medical Oncology, Canarias University Hospital, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain (Dr Rodríguez-Capote); and Cancer Biology & Precision Medicine Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Germans Trias i Pujol Health Sciences Institute and Hospital, Badalona, Spain (Dr Rosell)
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Mayo de Las Casas C, Garzón-Ibañez M, Jordana-Ariza N, Viteri-Ramírez S, Moya-Horno I, Karachaliou N, Yeste Z, Campos R, Villatoro S, Balada-Bel A, García-Peláez B, Reguart N, Teixidó C, Jantús E, Calabuig S, Aguado C, Giménez-Capitán A, Román-Lladó R, Pérez-Rosado A, Catalán MJ, Bertrán-Alamillo J, García-Román S, Rodriguez S, Alonso L, Aldeguer E, Martínez-Bueno A, González-Cao M, Aguilar Hernandez A, Garcia-Mosquera J, de Los Llanos Gil M, Fernandez M, Rosell R, Molina-Vila MÁ. Prospective analysis of liquid biopsies of advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients after progression to targeted therapies using GeneReader NGS platform. Transl Cancer Res 2019; 8:S3-S15. [PMID: 35117060 PMCID: PMC8797948 DOI: 10.21037/tcr.2018.10.12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2018] [Accepted: 10/10/2018] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Background In a significant percentage of advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients, tumor tissue is unavailable or insufficient for genetic analyses at time to progression. We prospectively analyzed the appearance of genetic alterations associated with resistance in liquid biopsies of advanced NSCLC patients progressing to targeted therapies using the NGS platform. Methods A total of 24 NSCLC patients were included in the study, 22 progressing to tyrosine kinase inhibitors and two to other treatments. Liquid biopsies samples were obtained and analyzed using the GeneReadTM QIAact Lung DNA UMI Panel, designed to enrich specific target regions and containing 550 variant positions in 19 selected genes frequently altered in lung cancer tumors. Previously, a retrospective validation of the panel was performed in clinical samples. Results Of the 21 patients progressing to tyrosine kinase inhibitors with valid results in liquid biopsy, NGS analysis identified a potential mechanism of resistance in 12 (57%). The most common were acquired mutations in ALK and EGFR, which appeared in 8/21 patients (38%), followed by amplifications in 5/21 patients (24%), and KRAS mutations in one patient (5%). Loss of the p.T790M was also identified in two patients progressing to osimertinib. Three of the 21 (14%) patients presented two or more concomitant alterations associated with resistance. Finally, an EGFR amplification was found in the only patient progressing to immunotherapy included in the study. Conclusions NGS analysis in liquid biopsies of patients progressing to targeted therapies using the GeneReader platform is feasible and can help the oncologist to make treatment decisions.
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- Clara Mayo de Las Casas
- Laboratory of Oncology, Pangaea Oncology, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Oncology, Pangaea Oncology, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Oncology, Pangaea Oncology, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Dr Rosell Oncology Institute (IOR), QuironSalud group, General Hospital of Catalonia, Sant Cugat del Vallés, Spain
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- Dr Rosell Oncology Institute (IOR), QuironSalud group, University Hospital Sagrat Cor, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Oncology, Pangaea Oncology, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Oncology, Pangaea Oncology, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Oncology, Pangaea Oncology, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Oncology, Pangaea Oncology, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Oncology, Pangaea Oncology, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Fundación Investigación, Hospital General Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Cáncer (CIBEROnc), Madrid, Spain.,Department of Pathology, Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Fundación Investigación, Hospital General Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Cáncer (CIBEROnc), Madrid, Spain.,Department of Pathology, Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain
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- Laboratory of Oncology, Pangaea Oncology, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Oncology, Pangaea Oncology, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Oncology, Pangaea Oncology, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Oncology, Pangaea Oncology, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Oncology, Pangaea Oncology, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Oncology, Pangaea Oncology, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Oncology, Pangaea Oncology, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Oncology, Pangaea Oncology, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Cellex Centre, Vall d'Hebrón, Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Oncology, Pangaea Oncology, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Dr Rosell Oncology Institute (IOR), Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Dr Rosell Oncology Institute (IOR), Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Dr Rosell Oncology Institute (IOR), QuironSalud group, University Hospital Sagrat Cor, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Oncology, Pangaea Oncology, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.,Dr Rosell Oncology Institute (IOR), Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.,Cancer Biology and Precision Medicine Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Germans Trias i Pujol Health Sciences Institute and Hospital, Badalona, Spain
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Duruisseaux M, Martínez-Cardús A, Calleja-Cervantes M, Moran S, Castro De Moura M, Davalos V, Piñeyro D, Girard N, Brevet M, Giroux-Leprieur E, Dumenil C, Pradotto M, Bironzo P, Capelletto E, Novello S, Cortot A, Copin M, Karachaliou N, Gonzalez-Cao M, Peralta S, Montuenga L, Gil-Bazo I, Baraibar I, Lozano M, Varela M, Ruffinelli J, Ramon P, Nadal E, Moran T, Perez L, Ramos I, Xiao Q, Fernandez A, Fraga M, Gut M, Gut I, Teixidó C, Vilariño N, Prat A, Reguart N, Benito A, Garrido P, Barragan I, Emile J, Rosell R, Brambilla E, Esteller M. Prédiction épigénétique du bénéfice clinique avec les anti-PD-1 dans le traitement des cancers du poumon non à petites cellules avancées : une étude internationale multicentrique rétrospective. Rev Mal Respir 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rmr.2018.10.072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Teixidó C, Pare L, Aguado C, Lopez S, Giménez-Capitán A, Cardona A, Cabrera C, Castillo S, Garzón M, Mayo C, Sullivan I, Muñoz S, Castellano G, Jares P, Prat A, Molina-Vila M, Reguart N. P3.04-16 A Seven-Gene Expression Signature Reveals Unique Immune-Phenotypes Related to Major Oncogenic-Drivers in NSCLC. J Thorac Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2018.08.1723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Pare L, Pascual T, Seguí E, González-Cao M, Teixidó C, Rodriguez A, González-Farre B, Cuatrecasas M, Pineda E, Crespo G, Martin-Algarra S, Perez Ruiz E, Mellado B, Maurel J, Garcia Corbacho J, Molina-Vila MA, Llovet JM, Reguart N, Arance AM, Prat A. Association between PD1 mRNA and response to anti-PD1 monotherapy across multiple cancers. J Clin Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2018.36.15_suppl.3076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Laia Pare
- 1Translational Genomic and Targeted Therapeutics in Solid Tumors, August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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- Translational Genomics and Targeted Therapeutics in Solid Tumors, August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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- 1Translational Genomic and Targeted Therapeutics in Solid Tumors, August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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- 1Translational Genomic and Targeted Therapeutics in Solid Tumors, August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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- 2Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Pathology, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain., Barcelona, Spain
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- Medical Oncology, Hospital Clínic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Pangaea Oncology, Quirón-Dexeus University Hospital, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Barcelona, Spain
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- BCLC Group, Liver Unit, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Medical Oncology, Hospital Clínic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Medical Oncology. Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
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De Mattos-Arruda L, Ng CKY, Piscuoglio S, Gonzalez-Cao M, Lim RS, De Filippo MR, Fusco N, Schultheis AM, Ortiz C, Viteri S, Arias A, Macedo GS, Oliveira M, Gomez P, Teixidó C, Nuciforo P, Peg V, Saura C, Ramon Y Cajal S, Casas FT, Weigelt B, Cortes J, Seoane J, Reis-Filho JS. Genetic heterogeneity and actionable mutations in HER2-positive primary breast cancers and their brain metastases. Oncotarget 2018; 9:20617-20630. [PMID: 29755676 PMCID: PMC5945519 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.25041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2018] [Accepted: 03/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Brain metastases constitute a challenge in the management of patients with HER2-positive breast cancer treated with anti-HER2 systemic therapies. Here we sought to define the repertoire of mutations private to or enriched for in HER2-positive brain metastases. Massively parallel sequencing targeting all exons of 254 genes frequently mutated in breast cancers and/or related to DNA repair was used to characterize the spatial and temporal heterogeneity of HER2-positive breast cancers and their brain metastases in six patients. Data were analyzed with state-of-the-art bioinformatics algorithms and selected mutations were validated with orthogonal methods. Spatial and temporal inter-lesion genetic heterogeneity was observed in the HER2-positive brain metastases from an index patient subjected to a rapid autopsy. Genetic alterations restricted to the brain metastases included mutations in cancer genes FGFR2, PIK3CA and ATR, homozygous deletion in CDKN2A and amplification in KRAS. Shifts in clonal composition and the acquisition of additional mutations in the progression from primary HER2-positive breast cancer to brain metastases following anti-HER2 therapy were investigated in additional five patients. Likely pathogenic mutations private to or enriched in the brain lesions affected cancer and clinically actionable genes, including ATR, BRAF, FGFR2, MAP2K4, PIK3CA, RAF1 and TP53. Changes in clonal composition and the acquisition of additional mutations in brain metastases may affect potentially actionable genes in HER2-positive breast cancers. Our observations have potential clinical implications, given that treatment decisions for patients with brain metastatic disease are still mainly based on biomarkers assessed in the primary tumor.
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- Leticia De Mattos-Arruda
- Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.,Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.,Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.,Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.,Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.,Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Vall d'Hebron Institute of Research, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Vall d'Hebron Institute of Research, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.,Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Ramon y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
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- Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.,Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.,Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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Teixidó C, Vilariño N, Reyes R, Reguart N. PD-L1 expression testing in non-small cell lung cancer. Ther Adv Med Oncol 2018; 10:1758835918763493. [PMID: 29662547 PMCID: PMC5898658 DOI: 10.1177/1758835918763493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2017] [Accepted: 02/08/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
Abstract
In recent years, immunotherapy has revolutionized and changed the standard of care in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Immune checkpoint inhibitors, fundamentally those that act by blocking the programmed cell death receptor-1 (PD-1) and its ligand the programmed cell death ligand-1 (PD-L1) have emerged as novel treatment strategies in NSCLC, demonstrating undoubted superiority over chemotherapy in terms of efficacy. Several of these immune checkpoint modulators have recently gained regulatory approval for the treatment of advanced NSCLC, such as nivolumab, atezolizumab and pembrolizumab in first-line (only the latter) and second-line settings, and more recently, durvalumab as maintenance after chemoradiotherapy in locally advanced disease. There is consensus that PD-L1 expression on tumor cells predicts responsiveness to PD-1 inhibitors in several tumor types. Hence PD-L1 expression evaluated by immunohistochemistry (IHC) is currently used as a clinical decision-making tool to support the use of checkpoint inhibitors in NSCLC patients. However, the value of PD-L1 as the ‘definitive’ biomarker is controversial as its testing is puzzled by multiple unsolved issues such as the use of different staining platforms and antibodies, the type of cells in which PD-L1 is assessed (tumor versus immune cells), thresholds used for PD-L1-positivity, or the source and timing for sample collection. Therefore, newer biomarkers such as tumor mutation burden and neoantigens as well as biomarkers reflecting host environment (microbiome) or tumor inflamed microenvironment (gene expression signatures) are being explored as more reliable and accurate alternatives to IHC for guiding treatment selection with checkpoint inhibitors in NSCLC.
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- Cristina Teixidó
- Department of Pathology, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, SpainTranslational Genomics and Targeted Therapeutics in Solid Tumors, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
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- Translational Genomics and Targeted Therapeutics in Solid Tumors, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Catalunya, SpainMedical Oncology, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
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- Medical Oncology, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
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Aguado C, Gil MDLL, Yeste Z, Giménez-Capitán A, Teixidó C, Karachaliou N, Viteri S, Rosell R, Molina-Vila MA. Response to crizotinib in a non-small-cell lung cancer patient harboring an EML4-ALK fusion with an atypical LTBP1 insertion. Onco Targets Ther 2018. [PMID: 29535536 PMCID: PMC5840185 DOI: 10.2147/ott.s148363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Fusion of the anaplastic lymphoma receptor tyrosine kinase gene (ALK) with the echinoderm microtubule-associated protein 4 gene (EML4) is the second most common actionable alteration in non-small-cell lung cancer, with a frequency of 5%. Here, we present a case of an EML4-ALK-positive patient with an atypical in-frame insertion from the LTBP1 gene in the canonical junction of variant 1. The patient was a 39-year-old never-smoker female diagnosed with Stage IV lung adenocarcinoma. A core biopsy was negative for EGFR and KRAS mutations but positive for ALK immunohistochemistry and fluorescence in situ hybridization. When submitted to nCounter, the sample showed a 3'/5' imbalance indicative of an ALK rearrangement, but failed to give a positive signal for any of the variants tested. Finally, a band with a molecular weight higher than expected appeared after reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction analysis. When Sanger sequencing was performed, the band revealed an atypical EML4-ALK fusion gene with an in-frame 129 bp insertion. A 115 bp segment of the insertion corresponded to an intronic region of LTBP1, a gene located in the short arm of chromosome 2, between ALK and EML4. The patient received crizotinib and showed a good therapeutic response that is still ongoing after 12 months. Our result suggests that short in-frame insertions of other genes in the EML4-ALK junction do not affect the sensitivity of the EML4-ALK fusion protein to crizotinib.
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- Dr Rosell Oncology Institute, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Dr Rosell Oncology Institute, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Oncology, Pangaea Oncology.,Dr Rosell Oncology Institute, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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Gonzalez-Cao M, Boada A, Teixidó C, Fernandez-Figueras MT, Mayo C, Tresserra F, Bustamante J, Viteri S, Puertas E, Santarpia M, Riso A, Barron F, Karachaliou N, Rosell R. Fatal gastrointestinal toxicity with ipilimumab after BRAF/MEK inhibitor combination in a melanoma patient achieving pathological complete response. Oncotarget 2018; 7:56619-56627. [PMID: 27447748 PMCID: PMC5302939 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.10651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2016] [Accepted: 05/29/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Approximately 50% of metastatic melanoma patients harbor BRAF mutations. Several treatment options including the combination of BRAF and MEK inhibitors (BRAF/MEKi) and immunotherapy (mainly anti CTLA-4 and anti PD-1 antibodies), have been shown to improve survival in these patients. Although preclinical data support the synergistic effect of both modalities in combination, data confirming the activity and tolerability of these combinations are not yet available in the clinical setting. Herein, we report the case of a melanoma patient treated with sequential BRAF/MEKi (dabrafenib plus trametinib) followed by the anti CTLA-4 antibody ipilimumab who achieved a pathological complete response. Unfortunately, the patient died due to fatal gastrointestinal (GI) toxicity. Analysis of the BRAFV600E mutation in circulating tumoral DNA (ctDNA) from peripheral blood samples and serial tumor tissue biopsies throughout treatment demonstrated a good correlation with clinical evolution.
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- Maria Gonzalez-Cao
- Translational Cancer Research Unit, Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Dexeus University Hospital-Quirónsalud Group, Barcelona, Spain
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- Dermatology Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Translational Cancer Research Unit, Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Dexeus University Hospital-Quirónsalud Group, Barcelona, Spain.,Pangaea Biotech, Laboratory of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain
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- Translational Cancer Research Unit, Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Dexeus University Hospital-Quirónsalud Group, Barcelona, Spain.,Pangaea Biotech, Laboratory of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain
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- Pathology Department, Dexeus University Hospital-Quirónsalud Group, Barcelona, Spain
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- Translational Cancer Research Unit, Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Dexeus University Hospital-Quirónsalud Group, Barcelona, Spain
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- Radiotherapy Department, Hospital Quirónsalud, Barcelona, Spain
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Human Pathology Department, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Translational Cancer Research Unit, Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Dexeus University Hospital-Quirónsalud Group, Barcelona, Spain
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Insituto Nacional de Cancerología, México
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- Translational Cancer Research Unit, Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Dexeus University Hospital-Quirónsalud Group, Barcelona, Spain
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- Translational Cancer Research Unit, Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Dexeus University Hospital-Quirónsalud Group, Barcelona, Spain.,Catalan Institute of Oncology, Cancer Biology & Precision Medicine Programme, Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital and Health Sciences Institute, Badalona, Spain
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Teixidó C, Giménez-Capitán A, Meredith G, Martinez D, Mashadi-Hossein A, Hernan C, Ross P, Arcocha A, Galván P, Vilariño N, Lopez-Padres S, Rodriguez S, Bertran-Alamillo J, Prat A, Molina-Vila M, Reguart N. P2.02-014 Simultaneous Gene Profiling of Advanced NSCLC: Single-Molecule Quantification of DNA and RNA by nCounter3D™ Technology. J Thorac Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2017.09.1191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Reguart N, Teixidó C, Giménez-Capitán A, Vilariño N, Arcocha A, Jares P, Castillo S, Bernal X, Muñoz S, Palmero R, Sullivan I, Marginet M, Viñolas N, Martinez D, Baixeras N, Molina-Vila M, Prat A. P1.01-075 Simultaneous Multiplex Profiling of Gene Fusions, METe14 Mutations and Immune Genes in Advanced NSCLC by NCounter Technology. J Thorac Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2017.09.729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Vilariño N, Reyes R, Teixidó C, Reguar N. Liquid biopsies: envisioning a future when tissue is avoidable in lung cancer treatment decision-making. Transl Cancer Res 2017. [DOI: 10.21037/tcr.2017.09.20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Bertran-Alamillo J, Molina-VIla MA, Teixidó C, Codony-Servat J, Giménez-Capitán A, Codony-Servat C, García-Román S, Aldeguer E, Rodríguez S, Rosell R. Abstract 3077: Tumor cells with acquired resistance to EGFR inhibitors and overexpression or activation of AXL, MET and FGFR1 are insensitive to single-agent treatment targeting AXL, MET or FGFR. Cancer Res 2017. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2017-3077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background: Aberrant activity of the MET, FGFR1 and AXL receptors has been associated with the development of resistance to first, second and third generation EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) in EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients.
Methods: We obtained 6 resistant lines by treating EGFR-mutated (exon 19), TKI sensitive PC9 cells with increasing concentrations of gefitinib or erlotinib. The p.T790M resistance mutation emerged in two cell lines (GR1, GR4), which remained sensitive to osimertinib, a third generation EGFR TKI. Six new cell lines to resistant to “second line” osimertinib were generated from GR1 and GR4 by exposure to increasing concentrations of the inhibitor. Finally, six more cell lines resistant to “first line” osimertinib were derived from the PC9 parental cells. All resistant cell lines were genotyped for selected genes (including EGFR) and characterized for AXL, MET and FGFR1 expression and activation by Q-RT-PCR, immunohistochemistry and Western blotting. The effects of AXL (BGB324), MET (crizotinib, capmatinib) and FGFR1 (nindetanib) inhibitors on the parental and the 18 resistant cell lines were analyzed by MTT and, in some cases, by colony formation. AXL was stably silenced in some of the resistant cell lines.
Results: All cell lines resistant to “first line” gefitinib, erlotinib and osimertinib maintained the exon 19 EGFR sensitizing mutation. In contrast, three of the resistant cell lines to “second line” osimertinib lost the exon 19 and the p.T790M mutations. In two more, the p.T790M dropped to low allelic fractions (1% and 0.03%). Regardless of the EGFR status, AXL overexpression was the most common event related to EGFR TKI resistance in our panel of 18 cell lines, with FGFR1 and MET overexpression or activation as less frequent events. In proliferation assays, the IC50 of the EGFR TKI resistant cell lines for BGB324 (AXL inhibitor) was indistinguishable from the IC50 of the parental, EGFR TKI sensitive cell line. Similar results were obtained in the case of capmatinib, crizotinib (MET inhibitors) and nintedanib (FGFR inhibitor). Stable silencing of AXL on some of the AXL-overexpressing resistant cell lines had no effects in terms of doubling times, morphology of cells or sensitivity to EGFR TKIs. In combination experiments, the effect of BGB and MET inhibitors was found to be additive.
Conclusions: In tumor cell line models of acquired resistance to EGFR TKIs, overexpression or activation of AXL, MET and FGFR1 was not associated to sensitivity to single-agent treatment with AXL, MET or FGFR inhibitors. Multitargeted approaches might be more effective in this setting.
Citation Format: Jordi Bertran-Alamillo, Miguel Angel Molina-VIla, Cristina Teixidó, Jordi Codony-Servat, Ana Giménez-Capitán, Carles Codony-Servat, Silvia García-Román, Erika Aldeguer, Sonia Rodríguez, Rafael Rosell. Tumor cells with acquired resistance to EGFR inhibitors and overexpression or activation of AXL, MET and FGFR1 are insensitive to single-agent treatment targeting AXL, MET or FGFR [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2017; 2017 Apr 1-5; Washington, DC. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2017;77(13 Suppl):Abstract nr 3077. doi:10.1158/1538-7445.AM2017-3077
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Gimenez-Capitan A, Teixidó C, Aguado C, Rodríguez S, Bertran-Alamillo J, Castellví J, Yeste Z, Pérez A, Rosell R, Molina-Vila MA. Abstract 2723: MET exon 14 skipping mutations in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are not associated with MET amplification and overexpression. Cancer Res 2017. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2017-2723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background: Activating alterations of the mesenchymal epithelial transition (MET) oncogene in NSCLC are potentially actionable with targeted MET inhibitors. MET exon 14 skipping mutations have been described in 3% of patients (p) in NSCLC,.Fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) and immunohistochemistry (IHC) are currently used for detecting MET amplification and overexpression, respectively, but are not useful to detect MET splicing variants. On the other hand, the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) technique has the potential to detect this actionable alteration.
Methods: We designed and validated a custom set of 5´and 3´ primers to detect the MET exon 14 splicing variant by RT-PCR. RNA isolation from FFPE samples was performed with Roche High Pure FFPET RNA isolation kit and M-MLV Reverse Transcriptase enzyme was used in the RT-PCR. A panel of cell lines was initially employed to assess the performance of the technique. Subsequently, a total of 232 formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) samples from advanced NSCLC patients were analyzed. Of them, 15 were positive by RT-PCR (n=209) for the MET exon 14 variant. The bands corresponding to the splicing variant were submitted to Sanger sequencing.
Results were compared with FISH (ZytoVision Dual Color probe Z-2087-200) and IHC (Ventana CONFIRM anti-Total c-MET (SP44)). Results: A total of 232 EGFR-wt advanced NSCLC p were analyzed by IHC and 42 (18.1%) were considered as positive (cut-off 3+≥ 50%). Regarding FISH, MET amplification was detected in 13 out of 58 p (22.4%) evaluable while the MET exon 14 skipping variant was detected in 15 (7.2%) out of 209 p . Unexpectedly, only three (21.4%) of the positive MET exon 14 skipping p by RT-PCR were positive for IHC. Finally, of the 15 MET exon 14 positive p, 5 were evaluable for FISH and none of them were positive for MET amplification.
Conclusion: In our cohort of 232 EGFR-wt, advanced NSCLC p, the MET exon 14 skipping mutation had an incidence of 7.2% No correlation was found between the presence of the MET exon 14 variant by RT-PCR and MET overexpression or amplification. Detection of MET exon 14 alterations poses a challenge for diagnostic testing.
Citation Format: Ana Gimenez-Capitan, Cristina Teixidó, Cristina Aguado, Sonia Rodríguez, Jordi Bertran-Alamillo, Josep Castellví, Zaira Yeste, Ana Pérez, Rafael Rosell, Miguel Angel Molina-Vila. MET exon 14 skipping mutations in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are not associated with MET amplification and overexpression [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2017; 2017 Apr 1-5; Washington, DC. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2017;77(13 Suppl):Abstract nr 2723. doi:10.1158/1538-7445.AM2017-2723
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- Cristina Teixidó
- Department of Pathology, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain.,Translational Genomics and Targeted Therapeutics in Solid Tumors, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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- Cancer Biology & Precision Medicine Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Germans Trias i Pujol Health Sciences Institute and Hospital, Badalona, Spain
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Rosell R, Karachaliou N, Chaib I, Drozdowskyj A, Frías A, Teixidó C, Viteri S, Santarpia L, Molina-Vila M, Bivona T. Innate resistance in EGFR mutant non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients by coactivation of receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs). Ann Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdx090.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Reguart N, Teixidó C, Giménez-Capitán A, Paré L, Galván P, Viteri S, Rodríguez S, Peg V, Aldeguer E, Viñolas N, Remon J, Karachaliou N, Conde E, Lopez-Rios F, Nadal E, Merkelbach-Bruse S, Büttner R, Rosell R, Molina-Vila MA, Prat A. Identification of ALK, ROS1, and RET Fusions by a Multiplexed mRNA-Based Assay in Formalin-Fixed, Paraffin-Embedded Samples from Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Patients. Clin Chem 2017; 63:751-760. [PMID: 28073897 DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2016.265314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2016] [Accepted: 10/13/2016] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Anaplastic lymphoma receptor tyrosine kinase (ALK), ROS proto-oncogene 1, receptor tyrosine kinase (ROS1), and ret proto-oncogene (RET) fusions are present in 5%-7% of patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC); their accurate identification is critical to guide targeted therapies. FISH and immunohistochemistry (IHC) are considered the gold standards to determine gene fusions, but they have limitations. The nCounter platform is a potentially useful genomic tool for multiplexed detection of gene fusions, but has not been validated in the clinical setting. METHODS Formalin-fixed, paraffin embedded (FFPE) samples from 108 patients with advanced NSCLC were analyzed with an nCounter-based assay and the results compared with FISH, IHC, and reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR). Data on response to fusion kinase inhibitors was retrospectively collected in a subset of 29 patients. RESULTS Of 108 FFPE samples, 98 were successfully analyzed by nCounter (91%), which identified 55 fusion-positive cases (32 ALK, 21 ROS1, and 2 RET). nCounter results were highly concordant with IHC for ALK (98.5%, CI = 91.8-99.7), while 11 discrepancies were found compared with FISH (87.5% concordance, CI = 79.0-92.9). For ROS1, nCounter showed similar agreement with IHC and FISH (87.2% and 85.9%), but a substantial number of samples were positive only by 1 or 2 techniques. Of the 25 patients deriving clinical benefit from fusion kinase inhibitors, 24 were positive by nCounter and 22 by FISH. CONCLUSIONS nCounter compares favorably with IHC and FISH and can be used for identifying patients with advanced NSCLC positive for ALK/ROS1/RET fusion genes.
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- Noemí Reguart
- Medical Oncology, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain; .,Translational Genomics and Targeted Therapeutics in Solid Tumors, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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- Pangaea Biotech, Laboratory of Oncology, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Pangaea Biotech, Laboratory of Oncology, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Translational Genomics and Targeted Therapeutics in Solid Tumors, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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- Translational Genomics and Targeted Therapeutics in Solid Tumors, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain.,Pangaea Biotech, Laboratory of Oncology, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.,Translational Genomics Group, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO)
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- Dr Rosell Oncology Institute, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Pangaea Biotech, Laboratory of Oncology, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Pangaea Biotech, Laboratory of Oncology, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Pangaea Biotech, Laboratory of Oncology, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Gustave Roussy, Université Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France
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- Pangaea Biotech, Laboratory of Oncology, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.,Dr Rosell Oncology Institute, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.,University Hospital Sagrat Cor, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Dianas Terapéuticas, Centro Integral Oncológico Clara Campal, Hospital Universitario Madrid Sanchinarro, Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Dianas Terapéuticas, Centro Integral Oncológico Clara Campal, Hospital Universitario Madrid Sanchinarro, Madrid, Spain
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- Medical Oncology Service, Catalan Institute of Oncology, L'Hospitalet, Spain
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- Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Pangaea Biotech, Laboratory of Oncology, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.,Dr Rosell Oncology Institute, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.,Cancer Biology and Precision Medicine Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Germans Trias i Pujol Health Sciences Institute and Hospital, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Pangaea Biotech, Laboratory of Oncology, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain;
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- Medical Oncology, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain.,Translational Genomics and Targeted Therapeutics in Solid Tumors, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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Molina-Vila MA, Mayo-de-Las-Casas C, Giménez-Capitán A, Jordana-Ariza N, Garzón M, Balada A, Villatoro S, Teixidó C, García-Peláez B, Aguado C, Catalán MJ, Campos R, Pérez-Rosado A, Bertran-Alamillo J, Martínez-Bueno A, Gil MDLL, González-Cao M, González X, Morales-Espinosa D, Viteri S, Karachaliou N, Rosell R. Liquid Biopsy in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Front Med (Lausanne) 2016; 3:69. [PMID: 28066769 PMCID: PMC5179978 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2016.00069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2016] [Accepted: 12/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Liquid biopsy analyses are already incorporated in the routine clinical practice in many hospitals and oncology departments worldwide, improving the selection of treatments and monitoring of lung cancer patients. Although they have not yet reached its full potential, liquid biopsy-based tests will soon be as widespread as “standard” biopsies and imaging techniques, offering invaluable diagnostic, prognostic, and predictive information. This review summarizes the techniques available for the isolation and analysis of circulating free DNA and RNA, exosomes, tumor-educated platelets, and circulating tumor cells from the blood of cancer patients, presents the methodological challenges associated with each of these materials, and discusses the clinical applications of liquid biopsy testing in lung cancer.
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- Miguel A Molina-Vila
- Laboratory of Oncology, Pangaea Biotech, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital , Barcelona , Spain
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- Laboratory of Oncology, Pangaea Biotech, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital , Barcelona , Spain
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- Laboratory of Oncology, Pangaea Biotech, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital , Barcelona , Spain
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- Laboratory of Oncology, Pangaea Biotech, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital , Barcelona , Spain
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- Laboratory of Oncology, Pangaea Biotech, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital , Barcelona , Spain
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- Laboratory of Oncology, Pangaea Biotech, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital , Barcelona , Spain
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- Laboratory of Oncology, Pangaea Biotech, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital , Barcelona , Spain
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- Laboratory of Oncology, Pangaea Biotech, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital , Barcelona , Spain
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- Laboratory of Oncology, Pangaea Biotech, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital , Barcelona , Spain
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- Laboratory of Oncology, Pangaea Biotech, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital , Barcelona , Spain
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- Laboratory of Oncology, Pangaea Biotech, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital , Barcelona , Spain
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- Laboratory of Oncology, Pangaea Biotech, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital , Barcelona , Spain
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- Laboratory of Oncology, Pangaea Biotech, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital , Barcelona , Spain
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- Laboratory of Oncology, Pangaea Biotech, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital , Barcelona , Spain
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- Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital , Barcelona , Spain
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- Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital , Barcelona , Spain
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- Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital , Barcelona , Spain
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- Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital , Barcelona , Spain
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- Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain; Cancer Biology and Precision Medicine Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Germans Trias i Pujol Health Sciences Institute and Hospital, Badalona, Spain
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Reguart N, Paré L, Giménez-Capitán A, Teixidó C, Galván P, Viteri S, Rodríguez S, Peg V, Aldeguer E, Ovalle E, Viñolas N, Merkelbach-Bruse S, Lopez-Rios F, Rosell R, Molina-Vila M, Prat A. Automated nCounter-based assay for identifying clinically relevant ALK, ROS1 and RET rearrangements in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Ann Oncol 2016. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdw383.64] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Garzón M, Villatoro S, Teixidó C, Mayo C, Martínez A, de Los Llanos Gil M, Viteri S, Morales-Espinosa D, Rosell R. KRAS mutations in the circulating free DNA (cfDNA) of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. Transl Lung Cancer Res 2016; 5:511-516. [PMID: 27826532 DOI: 10.21037/tlcr.2016.10.14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Circulating free DNA (cfDNA) is obtained from serum or plasma by non-invasive methods such as a simple blood draw, a technique known as "liquid biopsy". Genetic analyses of driver alterations in cfDNA have proved very effective to predict survival and treatment response of cancer patients according to tumoral cfDNA burden in blood. Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with higher concentration of tumoral cfDNA in blood have, on average, shorter progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). Regarding specific genetic alterations, KRAS proto-oncogene, GTPase (KRAS) is one of the main genes involved in NSCLC and several studies have been performed to determine its value as a predictive and prognostic biomarker in liquid biopsy. Unfortunately, to date no strong conclusions can be drawn since they have yielded contradictory results. Therefore, further investigations are necessary to establish the value of KRAS testing in liquid biopsy as prognostic or predictive factor in NSCLC. Herein, we review the current knowledge on the importance of KRAS as prognostic and predictive biomarker using non-invasive approaches and the scientific data available regarding its application in clinical practice for treatment of NSCLC.
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- Mónica Garzón
- Pangaea Biotech, Laboratory of Oncology, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Pangaea Biotech, Laboratory of Oncology, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Pangaea Biotech, Laboratory of Oncology, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Pangaea Biotech, Laboratory of Oncology, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Dr Rosell Oncology Institute, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Dr Rosell Oncology Institute, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Pangaea Biotech, Laboratory of Oncology, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, 08028 Barcelona, Spain;; Dr Rosell Oncology Institute, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, 08028 Barcelona, Spain;; Cancer Biology & Precision Medicine Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Germans Trias i Pujol Health Sciences Institute and Hospital, Crta de Canyet s/n, 08016 Badalona, Spain;; Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Campus Can Ruti, Crta de Canyet s/n, 08016 Badalona, Spain;; Molecular Oncology Research (MORe) Foundation, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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de Las Casas CM, Gonzalez-Cao M, Ramirez SV, Ariza NJ, Balada A, Garzón M, Teixidó C, Karachaliou N, Morales-Espinosa D, Molina-Vila MÁ, Rosell R. Usefulness of circulating free DNA for monitoring epidermal growth factor receptor mutations in advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients: a case report. Transl Lung Cancer Res 2016; 5:532-537. [PMID: 27826535 DOI: 10.21037/tlcr.2016.10.04] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Genomic analysis of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) released from cancer cells into the bloodstream has been proposed as a useful method to capture dynamic changes during the course of the disease. In particular, the ability to monitor epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation status in cell-free circulating DNA (cfDNA) isolated from advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients EGFR can help to the correct management of the disease and overcome the challenges associated with tumor heterogeneity and insufficient biopsied material to perform key molecular diagnosis. Here, we report a case of long term monitorization of EGFR mutation status in cfDNA from peripheral blood in an NSCLC patient in, with excellent correlation with clinical evolution.
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- Clara Mayo de Las Casas
- Pangaea Biotech, Medical Oncology Laboratory, Dexeus University Hospital, Quirónsalud Group, Barcelona, Spain
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- Translational Cancer Research Unit, Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Dexeus University Hospital-Quirónsalud Group, Barcelona, Spain
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- Translational Cancer Research Unit, Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Dexeus University Hospital-Quirónsalud Group, Barcelona, Spain
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- Pangaea Biotech, Medical Oncology Laboratory, Dexeus University Hospital, Quirónsalud Group, Barcelona, Spain
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- Pangaea Biotech, Medical Oncology Laboratory, Dexeus University Hospital, Quirónsalud Group, Barcelona, Spain
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- Pangaea Biotech, Medical Oncology Laboratory, Dexeus University Hospital, Quirónsalud Group, Barcelona, Spain
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- Pangaea Biotech, Medical Oncology Laboratory, Dexeus University Hospital, Quirónsalud Group, Barcelona, Spain
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- Pangaea Biotech, Medical Oncology Laboratory, Dexeus University Hospital, Quirónsalud Group, Barcelona, Spain;; Translational Cancer Research Unit, Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Dexeus University Hospital-Quirónsalud Group, Barcelona, Spain;; University Hospital Sagrat Cor, Quirónsalud Group, Barcelona, Spain
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- Translational Cancer Research Unit, Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Dexeus University Hospital-Quirónsalud Group, Barcelona, Spain
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- Pangaea Biotech, Medical Oncology Laboratory, Dexeus University Hospital, Quirónsalud Group, Barcelona, Spain
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- Pangaea Biotech, Medical Oncology Laboratory, Dexeus University Hospital, Quirónsalud Group, Barcelona, Spain;; Translational Cancer Research Unit, Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Dexeus University Hospital-Quirónsalud Group, Barcelona, Spain;; Cancer Biology and Precision Medicine Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Germans Triasi Pujol Health Sciences Institute and Hospital, Campus Can Ruti, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain
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Morales-Espinosa D, García-Román S, Teixidó C, Karachaliou N, Rosell R. Immunotherapy meets targeted therapy: will this team end the war against cancer? Transl Lung Cancer Res 2015; 4:752-5. [PMID: 26798584 PMCID: PMC4700229 DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2218-6751.2015.12.05] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Cancer treatment as we know it today has dramatically changed over the last couple of decades. It has moved from non-specific treatment to personalized approaches. As oncologist, we now have further understanding of the processes leading to carcinogenesis; this has led to develop new therapeutic options. We have cytotoxic treatments, targeted therapy and in recent years, immunotherapy; the time to "mix and match" has begun.
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González-Cao M, Rodón J, Karachaliou N, Sánchez J, Santarpia M, Viteri S, Pilotto S, Teixidó C, Riso A, Rosell R. Other targeted drugs in melanoma. Ann Transl Med 2015; 3:266. [PMID: 26605312 DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2305-5839.2015.08.12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Targeted therapy drugs are developed against specific molecular alterations on cancer cells. Because they are "targeted" to the tumor, these therapies are more effective and better tolerated than conventional therapies such as chemotherapy. In the last decade, great advances have been made in understanding of melanoma biology and identification of molecular mechanisms involved in malignant transformation of cells. The identification of oncogenic mutated kinases involved in this process provides an opportunity for development of new target therapies. The dependence of melanoma on BRAF-mutant kinase has provided an opportunity for development of mutation-specific inhibitors with high activity and excellent tolerance that are now being used in clinical practice. This marked a new era in the treatment of metastatic melanoma and much research is now ongoing to identify other "druggable" kinases and transduction signaling networking. It is expected that in the near future the spectrum of target drugs for melanoma treatment will increase. Herein, we review the most relevant potential novel drugs for melanoma treatment based on preclinical data and the results of early clinical trials.
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- María González-Cao
- 1 Translational Cancer Research Unit, Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain ; 2 Vall D'Hebron Institute of Oncology and Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain ; 3 Immunology Department, CNICV, Madrid, Spain ; 4 Medical Oncology Unit, Human Pathology Department, University of Messina, Messina, Italy ; 5 Department of Medical Oncology, University of Verona, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy ; 6 Pangaea Biotech S.L, Barcelona, Spain ; 7 Cancer Biology and Precision Medicine Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Germans Trias i Pujol Health Sciences Institute and Hospital, Campus Can Ruti, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain ; 8 Fundación Molecular Oncology Research, Barcelona, Spain
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- 1 Translational Cancer Research Unit, Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain ; 2 Vall D'Hebron Institute of Oncology and Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain ; 3 Immunology Department, CNICV, Madrid, Spain ; 4 Medical Oncology Unit, Human Pathology Department, University of Messina, Messina, Italy ; 5 Department of Medical Oncology, University of Verona, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy ; 6 Pangaea Biotech S.L, Barcelona, Spain ; 7 Cancer Biology and Precision Medicine Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Germans Trias i Pujol Health Sciences Institute and Hospital, Campus Can Ruti, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain ; 8 Fundación Molecular Oncology Research, Barcelona, Spain
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- 1 Translational Cancer Research Unit, Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain ; 2 Vall D'Hebron Institute of Oncology and Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain ; 3 Immunology Department, CNICV, Madrid, Spain ; 4 Medical Oncology Unit, Human Pathology Department, University of Messina, Messina, Italy ; 5 Department of Medical Oncology, University of Verona, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy ; 6 Pangaea Biotech S.L, Barcelona, Spain ; 7 Cancer Biology and Precision Medicine Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Germans Trias i Pujol Health Sciences Institute and Hospital, Campus Can Ruti, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain ; 8 Fundación Molecular Oncology Research, Barcelona, Spain
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- 1 Translational Cancer Research Unit, Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain ; 2 Vall D'Hebron Institute of Oncology and Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain ; 3 Immunology Department, CNICV, Madrid, Spain ; 4 Medical Oncology Unit, Human Pathology Department, University of Messina, Messina, Italy ; 5 Department of Medical Oncology, University of Verona, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy ; 6 Pangaea Biotech S.L, Barcelona, Spain ; 7 Cancer Biology and Precision Medicine Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Germans Trias i Pujol Health Sciences Institute and Hospital, Campus Can Ruti, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain ; 8 Fundación Molecular Oncology Research, Barcelona, Spain
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- 1 Translational Cancer Research Unit, Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain ; 2 Vall D'Hebron Institute of Oncology and Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain ; 3 Immunology Department, CNICV, Madrid, Spain ; 4 Medical Oncology Unit, Human Pathology Department, University of Messina, Messina, Italy ; 5 Department of Medical Oncology, University of Verona, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy ; 6 Pangaea Biotech S.L, Barcelona, Spain ; 7 Cancer Biology and Precision Medicine Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Germans Trias i Pujol Health Sciences Institute and Hospital, Campus Can Ruti, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain ; 8 Fundación Molecular Oncology Research, Barcelona, Spain
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- 1 Translational Cancer Research Unit, Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain ; 2 Vall D'Hebron Institute of Oncology and Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain ; 3 Immunology Department, CNICV, Madrid, Spain ; 4 Medical Oncology Unit, Human Pathology Department, University of Messina, Messina, Italy ; 5 Department of Medical Oncology, University of Verona, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy ; 6 Pangaea Biotech S.L, Barcelona, Spain ; 7 Cancer Biology and Precision Medicine Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Germans Trias i Pujol Health Sciences Institute and Hospital, Campus Can Ruti, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain ; 8 Fundación Molecular Oncology Research, Barcelona, Spain
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- 1 Translational Cancer Research Unit, Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain ; 2 Vall D'Hebron Institute of Oncology and Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain ; 3 Immunology Department, CNICV, Madrid, Spain ; 4 Medical Oncology Unit, Human Pathology Department, University of Messina, Messina, Italy ; 5 Department of Medical Oncology, University of Verona, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy ; 6 Pangaea Biotech S.L, Barcelona, Spain ; 7 Cancer Biology and Precision Medicine Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Germans Trias i Pujol Health Sciences Institute and Hospital, Campus Can Ruti, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain ; 8 Fundación Molecular Oncology Research, Barcelona, Spain
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- 1 Translational Cancer Research Unit, Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain ; 2 Vall D'Hebron Institute of Oncology and Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain ; 3 Immunology Department, CNICV, Madrid, Spain ; 4 Medical Oncology Unit, Human Pathology Department, University of Messina, Messina, Italy ; 5 Department of Medical Oncology, University of Verona, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy ; 6 Pangaea Biotech S.L, Barcelona, Spain ; 7 Cancer Biology and Precision Medicine Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Germans Trias i Pujol Health Sciences Institute and Hospital, Campus Can Ruti, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain ; 8 Fundación Molecular Oncology Research, Barcelona, Spain
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- 1 Translational Cancer Research Unit, Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain ; 2 Vall D'Hebron Institute of Oncology and Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain ; 3 Immunology Department, CNICV, Madrid, Spain ; 4 Medical Oncology Unit, Human Pathology Department, University of Messina, Messina, Italy ; 5 Department of Medical Oncology, University of Verona, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy ; 6 Pangaea Biotech S.L, Barcelona, Spain ; 7 Cancer Biology and Precision Medicine Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Germans Trias i Pujol Health Sciences Institute and Hospital, Campus Can Ruti, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain ; 8 Fundación Molecular Oncology Research, Barcelona, Spain
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- 1 Translational Cancer Research Unit, Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain ; 2 Vall D'Hebron Institute of Oncology and Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain ; 3 Immunology Department, CNICV, Madrid, Spain ; 4 Medical Oncology Unit, Human Pathology Department, University of Messina, Messina, Italy ; 5 Department of Medical Oncology, University of Verona, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy ; 6 Pangaea Biotech S.L, Barcelona, Spain ; 7 Cancer Biology and Precision Medicine Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Germans Trias i Pujol Health Sciences Institute and Hospital, Campus Can Ruti, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain ; 8 Fundación Molecular Oncology Research, Barcelona, Spain
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Karachaliou N, Pilotto S, Teixidó C, Viteri S, González-Cao M, Riso A, Morales-Espinosa D, Molina MA, Chaib I, Santarpia M, Richardet E, Bria E, Rosell R. Melanoma: oncogenic drivers and the immune system. Ann Transl Med 2015; 3:265. [PMID: 26605311 DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2305-5839.2015.08.06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Advances and in-depth understanding of the biology of melanoma over the past 30 years have contributed to a change in the consideration of melanoma as one of the most therapy-resistant malignancies. The finding that oncogenic BRAF mutations drive tumor growth in up to 50% of melanomas led to a molecular therapy revolution for unresectable and metastatic disease. Moving beyond BRAF, inactivation of immune regulatory checkpoints that limit T cell responses to melanoma has provided targets for cancer immunotherapy. In this review, we discuss the molecular biology of melanoma and we focus on the recent advances of molecularly targeted and immunotherapeutic approaches.
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- Niki Karachaliou
- 1 Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Quiron-Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain ; 2 Department of Medical Oncology, University of Verona, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy ; 3 Pangaea Biotech, Quirón Dexeus University Institute, Barcelona, Spain ; 4 Catalan Institute of Oncology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain ; 5 Medical Oncology Unit, Human Pathology Department, University of Messina, Messina 98122, Italy ; 6 Instituto Oncológico de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina ; 7 Molecular Oncology Research (MORe) Foundation, Barcelona, Spain ; 8 Germans Trias i Pujol Health Sciences Institute and Hospital, Campus Can Ruti, Barcelona, Spain
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- 1 Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Quiron-Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain ; 2 Department of Medical Oncology, University of Verona, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy ; 3 Pangaea Biotech, Quirón Dexeus University Institute, Barcelona, Spain ; 4 Catalan Institute of Oncology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain ; 5 Medical Oncology Unit, Human Pathology Department, University of Messina, Messina 98122, Italy ; 6 Instituto Oncológico de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina ; 7 Molecular Oncology Research (MORe) Foundation, Barcelona, Spain ; 8 Germans Trias i Pujol Health Sciences Institute and Hospital, Campus Can Ruti, Barcelona, Spain
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- 1 Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Quiron-Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain ; 2 Department of Medical Oncology, University of Verona, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy ; 3 Pangaea Biotech, Quirón Dexeus University Institute, Barcelona, Spain ; 4 Catalan Institute of Oncology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain ; 5 Medical Oncology Unit, Human Pathology Department, University of Messina, Messina 98122, Italy ; 6 Instituto Oncológico de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina ; 7 Molecular Oncology Research (MORe) Foundation, Barcelona, Spain ; 8 Germans Trias i Pujol Health Sciences Institute and Hospital, Campus Can Ruti, Barcelona, Spain
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- 1 Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Quiron-Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain ; 2 Department of Medical Oncology, University of Verona, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy ; 3 Pangaea Biotech, Quirón Dexeus University Institute, Barcelona, Spain ; 4 Catalan Institute of Oncology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain ; 5 Medical Oncology Unit, Human Pathology Department, University of Messina, Messina 98122, Italy ; 6 Instituto Oncológico de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina ; 7 Molecular Oncology Research (MORe) Foundation, Barcelona, Spain ; 8 Germans Trias i Pujol Health Sciences Institute and Hospital, Campus Can Ruti, Barcelona, Spain
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- 1 Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Quiron-Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain ; 2 Department of Medical Oncology, University of Verona, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy ; 3 Pangaea Biotech, Quirón Dexeus University Institute, Barcelona, Spain ; 4 Catalan Institute of Oncology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain ; 5 Medical Oncology Unit, Human Pathology Department, University of Messina, Messina 98122, Italy ; 6 Instituto Oncológico de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina ; 7 Molecular Oncology Research (MORe) Foundation, Barcelona, Spain ; 8 Germans Trias i Pujol Health Sciences Institute and Hospital, Campus Can Ruti, Barcelona, Spain
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- 1 Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Quiron-Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain ; 2 Department of Medical Oncology, University of Verona, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy ; 3 Pangaea Biotech, Quirón Dexeus University Institute, Barcelona, Spain ; 4 Catalan Institute of Oncology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain ; 5 Medical Oncology Unit, Human Pathology Department, University of Messina, Messina 98122, Italy ; 6 Instituto Oncológico de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina ; 7 Molecular Oncology Research (MORe) Foundation, Barcelona, Spain ; 8 Germans Trias i Pujol Health Sciences Institute and Hospital, Campus Can Ruti, Barcelona, Spain
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- 1 Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Quiron-Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain ; 2 Department of Medical Oncology, University of Verona, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy ; 3 Pangaea Biotech, Quirón Dexeus University Institute, Barcelona, Spain ; 4 Catalan Institute of Oncology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain ; 5 Medical Oncology Unit, Human Pathology Department, University of Messina, Messina 98122, Italy ; 6 Instituto Oncológico de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina ; 7 Molecular Oncology Research (MORe) Foundation, Barcelona, Spain ; 8 Germans Trias i Pujol Health Sciences Institute and Hospital, Campus Can Ruti, Barcelona, Spain
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- 1 Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Quiron-Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain ; 2 Department of Medical Oncology, University of Verona, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy ; 3 Pangaea Biotech, Quirón Dexeus University Institute, Barcelona, Spain ; 4 Catalan Institute of Oncology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain ; 5 Medical Oncology Unit, Human Pathology Department, University of Messina, Messina 98122, Italy ; 6 Instituto Oncológico de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina ; 7 Molecular Oncology Research (MORe) Foundation, Barcelona, Spain ; 8 Germans Trias i Pujol Health Sciences Institute and Hospital, Campus Can Ruti, Barcelona, Spain
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- 1 Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Quiron-Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain ; 2 Department of Medical Oncology, University of Verona, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy ; 3 Pangaea Biotech, Quirón Dexeus University Institute, Barcelona, Spain ; 4 Catalan Institute of Oncology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain ; 5 Medical Oncology Unit, Human Pathology Department, University of Messina, Messina 98122, Italy ; 6 Instituto Oncológico de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina ; 7 Molecular Oncology Research (MORe) Foundation, Barcelona, Spain ; 8 Germans Trias i Pujol Health Sciences Institute and Hospital, Campus Can Ruti, Barcelona, Spain
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- 1 Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Quiron-Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain ; 2 Department of Medical Oncology, University of Verona, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy ; 3 Pangaea Biotech, Quirón Dexeus University Institute, Barcelona, Spain ; 4 Catalan Institute of Oncology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain ; 5 Medical Oncology Unit, Human Pathology Department, University of Messina, Messina 98122, Italy ; 6 Instituto Oncológico de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina ; 7 Molecular Oncology Research (MORe) Foundation, Barcelona, Spain ; 8 Germans Trias i Pujol Health Sciences Institute and Hospital, Campus Can Ruti, Barcelona, Spain
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- 1 Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Quiron-Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain ; 2 Department of Medical Oncology, University of Verona, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy ; 3 Pangaea Biotech, Quirón Dexeus University Institute, Barcelona, Spain ; 4 Catalan Institute of Oncology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain ; 5 Medical Oncology Unit, Human Pathology Department, University of Messina, Messina 98122, Italy ; 6 Instituto Oncológico de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina ; 7 Molecular Oncology Research (MORe) Foundation, Barcelona, Spain ; 8 Germans Trias i Pujol Health Sciences Institute and Hospital, Campus Can Ruti, Barcelona, Spain
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- 1 Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Quiron-Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain ; 2 Department of Medical Oncology, University of Verona, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy ; 3 Pangaea Biotech, Quirón Dexeus University Institute, Barcelona, Spain ; 4 Catalan Institute of Oncology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain ; 5 Medical Oncology Unit, Human Pathology Department, University of Messina, Messina 98122, Italy ; 6 Instituto Oncológico de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina ; 7 Molecular Oncology Research (MORe) Foundation, Barcelona, Spain ; 8 Germans Trias i Pujol Health Sciences Institute and Hospital, Campus Can Ruti, Barcelona, Spain
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- 1 Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Quiron-Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain ; 2 Department of Medical Oncology, University of Verona, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy ; 3 Pangaea Biotech, Quirón Dexeus University Institute, Barcelona, Spain ; 4 Catalan Institute of Oncology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain ; 5 Medical Oncology Unit, Human Pathology Department, University of Messina, Messina 98122, Italy ; 6 Instituto Oncológico de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina ; 7 Molecular Oncology Research (MORe) Foundation, Barcelona, Spain ; 8 Germans Trias i Pujol Health Sciences Institute and Hospital, Campus Can Ruti, Barcelona, Spain
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Gomar JJ, Valls E, Radua J, Mareca C, Tristany J, del Olmo F, Rebolleda-Gil C, Jañez-Álvarez M, de Álvaro FJ, Ovejero MR, Llorente A, Teixidó C, Donaire AM, García-Laredo E, Lazcanoiturburu A, Granell L, Mozo CDP, Pérez-Hernández M, Moreno-Alcázar A, Pomarol-Clotet E, McKenna PJ. A Multisite, Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial of Computerized Cognitive Remediation Therapy for Schizophrenia. Schizophr Bull 2015; 41:1387-96. [PMID: 26006264 PMCID: PMC4601710 DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbv059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The effectiveness of cognitive remediation therapy (CRT) for the neuropsychological deficits seen in schizophrenia is supported by meta-analysis. However, a recent methodologically rigorous trial had negative findings. In this study, 130 chronic schizophrenic patients were randomly assigned to computerized CRT, an active computerized control condition (CC) or treatment as usual (TAU). Primary outcome measures were 2 ecologically valid batteries of executive function and memory, rated under blind conditions; other executive and memory tests and a measure of overall cognitive function were also employed. Carer ratings of executive and memory failures in daily life were obtained before and after treatment. Computerized CRT was found to produce improvement on the training tasks, but this did not transfer to gains on the primary outcome measures and most other neuropsychological tests in comparison to either CC or TAU conditions. Nor did the intervention result in benefits on carer ratings of daily life cognitive failures. According to this study, computerized CRT is not effective in schizophrenia. The use of both active and passive CCs suggests that nature of the control group is not an important factor influencing results.
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- Jesús J. Gomar
- FIDMAG Hermanas Hospitalarias Research Foundation, Barcelona, Spain;,CIBERSAM, Spain;,Litwin-Zucker Research Center, the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, New York
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- FIDMAG Hermanas Hospitalarias Research Foundation, Barcelona, Spain
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- FIDMAG Hermanas Hospitalarias Research Foundation, Barcelona, Spain;,CIBERSAM, Spain;,Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, UK
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- Psicoclínica Mare de Déu de la Mercè, Barcelona, Spain
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- Benito Menni CASM, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Complejo Asistencial Benito Menni, Ciempozuelos, Madrid, Spain
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- FIDMAG Hermanas Hospitalarias Research Foundation, Barcelona, Spain;,CIBERSAM, Spain
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- FIDMAG Hermanas Hospitalarias Research Foundation, Barcelona, Spain; CIBERSAM, Spain;
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- FIDMAG Hermanas Hospitalarias Research Foundation, Barcelona, Spain;,CIBERSAM, Spain
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Teixidó C, Karachaliou N, González-Cao M, Morales-Espinosa D, Rosell R. Erratum to Assays for predicting and monitoring responses to lung cancer immunotherapy. Cancer Biol Med 2015; 12:259. [PMID: 26487971 PMCID: PMC4607823 DOI: 10.7497/j.issn.2095-3941.2015.0055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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- Cristina Teixidó
- 1 Pangaea Biotech, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona 08028, Spain ; 2 Dr. Rosell Oncology Institute, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona 08028, Spain ; 3 Cancer Biology and Precision Medicine Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona 08916, Spain
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- 1 Pangaea Biotech, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona 08028, Spain ; 2 Dr. Rosell Oncology Institute, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona 08028, Spain ; 3 Cancer Biology and Precision Medicine Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona 08916, Spain
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- 1 Pangaea Biotech, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona 08028, Spain ; 2 Dr. Rosell Oncology Institute, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona 08028, Spain ; 3 Cancer Biology and Precision Medicine Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona 08916, Spain
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- 1 Pangaea Biotech, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona 08028, Spain ; 2 Dr. Rosell Oncology Institute, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona 08028, Spain ; 3 Cancer Biology and Precision Medicine Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona 08916, Spain
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- 1 Pangaea Biotech, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona 08028, Spain ; 2 Dr. Rosell Oncology Institute, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona 08028, Spain ; 3 Cancer Biology and Precision Medicine Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona 08916, Spain
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Immunotherapy has emerged as an exciting strategy for cancer treatment. Therapeutic blockade of immune checkpoint regulators favors the ability of T cell responses to increase anti-tumor immunity. The cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 (CTLA-4) and programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) are two T cell-inhibitory receptors with independent mechanisms of action. Immune checkpoint inhibitors targeting either CTLA-4, PD-1 or its ligand PD-L1 are currently yielding promising results in terms of efficacy in several clinical studies with melanoma patients and are being developed and tested as immunotherapy agents for multiple cancer types. To date, no reliable predictors of activity and efficacy of immunotherapy have yet been identified or validated. Even so, determining which patients derive clinical benefit from immune checkpoint agents remains an important clinical question and efforts to identify predictive markers of response are ongoing. This article reviews the current potential predictive factors for CTLA-4 and PD-1/PD-L1 immune checkpoints inhibitors in melanoma.
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- Cristina Teixidó
- 1 Pangaea Biotech, 2 Dr Rosell Oncology Institute, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, 08028 Barcelona, Spain ; 3 Cancer Biology and Precision Medicine Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, 08916 Badalona, Spain ; 4 Molecular Oncology Research Foundation (MORe), Barcelona, Spain
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- 1 Pangaea Biotech, 2 Dr Rosell Oncology Institute, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, 08028 Barcelona, Spain ; 3 Cancer Biology and Precision Medicine Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, 08916 Badalona, Spain ; 4 Molecular Oncology Research Foundation (MORe), Barcelona, Spain
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- 1 Pangaea Biotech, 2 Dr Rosell Oncology Institute, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, 08028 Barcelona, Spain ; 3 Cancer Biology and Precision Medicine Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, 08916 Badalona, Spain ; 4 Molecular Oncology Research Foundation (MORe), Barcelona, Spain
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- 1 Pangaea Biotech, 2 Dr Rosell Oncology Institute, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, 08028 Barcelona, Spain ; 3 Cancer Biology and Precision Medicine Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, 08916 Badalona, Spain ; 4 Molecular Oncology Research Foundation (MORe), Barcelona, Spain
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Bustamante Alvarez JG, González-Cao M, Karachaliou N, Santarpia M, Viteri S, Teixidó C, Rosell R. Advances in immunotherapy for treatment of lung cancer. Cancer Biol Med 2015; 12:209-22. [PMID: 26487966 PMCID: PMC4607819 DOI: 10.7497/j.issn.2095-3941.2015.0032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2015] [Accepted: 06/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Different approaches for treating lung cancer have been developed over time, including chemotherapy, radiotherapy and targeted therapies against activating mutations. Lately, better understanding of the role of the immunological system in tumor control has opened multiple doors to implement different strategies to enhance immune response against cancer cells. It is known that tumor cells elude immune response by several mechanisms. The development of monoclonal antibodies against the checkpoint inhibitor programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) and its ligand (PD-L1), on T cells, has led to high activity in cancer patients with long lasting responses. Nivolumab, an anti PD-1 inhibitor, has been recently approved for the treatment of squamous cell lung cancer patients, given the survival advantage demonstrated in a phase III trial. Pembrolizumab, another anti PD-1 antibody, has received FDA breakthrough therapy designation for treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), supported by data from a phase I trial. Clinical trials with anti PD-1/PD-L1 antibodies in NSCLC have demonstrated very good tolerability and activity, with response rates around 20% and a median duration of response of 18 months.
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- Jean G Bustamante Alvarez
- 1 Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia 19141, USA ; 2 Translational Cancer Research Unit, Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona 08028, Spain ; 3 Medical Oncology Unit, Human Pathology Department, University of Messina, Messina 98100, Italy ; 4 Pangaea Biotech S.L, Barcelona 08028, Spain ; 5 Cancer Biology & Precision Medicine Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Germans Trias i Pujol Health Sciences Institute and Hospital, Campus Can Ruti, Badalona, Barcelona 08916, Spain ; 6 Fundación Molecular Oncology Research, Barcelona 08028, Spain
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- 1 Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia 19141, USA ; 2 Translational Cancer Research Unit, Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona 08028, Spain ; 3 Medical Oncology Unit, Human Pathology Department, University of Messina, Messina 98100, Italy ; 4 Pangaea Biotech S.L, Barcelona 08028, Spain ; 5 Cancer Biology & Precision Medicine Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Germans Trias i Pujol Health Sciences Institute and Hospital, Campus Can Ruti, Badalona, Barcelona 08916, Spain ; 6 Fundación Molecular Oncology Research, Barcelona 08028, Spain
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- 1 Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia 19141, USA ; 2 Translational Cancer Research Unit, Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona 08028, Spain ; 3 Medical Oncology Unit, Human Pathology Department, University of Messina, Messina 98100, Italy ; 4 Pangaea Biotech S.L, Barcelona 08028, Spain ; 5 Cancer Biology & Precision Medicine Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Germans Trias i Pujol Health Sciences Institute and Hospital, Campus Can Ruti, Badalona, Barcelona 08916, Spain ; 6 Fundación Molecular Oncology Research, Barcelona 08028, Spain
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- 1 Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia 19141, USA ; 2 Translational Cancer Research Unit, Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona 08028, Spain ; 3 Medical Oncology Unit, Human Pathology Department, University of Messina, Messina 98100, Italy ; 4 Pangaea Biotech S.L, Barcelona 08028, Spain ; 5 Cancer Biology & Precision Medicine Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Germans Trias i Pujol Health Sciences Institute and Hospital, Campus Can Ruti, Badalona, Barcelona 08916, Spain ; 6 Fundación Molecular Oncology Research, Barcelona 08028, Spain
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- 1 Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia 19141, USA ; 2 Translational Cancer Research Unit, Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona 08028, Spain ; 3 Medical Oncology Unit, Human Pathology Department, University of Messina, Messina 98100, Italy ; 4 Pangaea Biotech S.L, Barcelona 08028, Spain ; 5 Cancer Biology & Precision Medicine Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Germans Trias i Pujol Health Sciences Institute and Hospital, Campus Can Ruti, Badalona, Barcelona 08916, Spain ; 6 Fundación Molecular Oncology Research, Barcelona 08028, Spain
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- 1 Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia 19141, USA ; 2 Translational Cancer Research Unit, Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona 08028, Spain ; 3 Medical Oncology Unit, Human Pathology Department, University of Messina, Messina 98100, Italy ; 4 Pangaea Biotech S.L, Barcelona 08028, Spain ; 5 Cancer Biology & Precision Medicine Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Germans Trias i Pujol Health Sciences Institute and Hospital, Campus Can Ruti, Badalona, Barcelona 08916, Spain ; 6 Fundación Molecular Oncology Research, Barcelona 08028, Spain
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- 1 Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia 19141, USA ; 2 Translational Cancer Research Unit, Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Quirón Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona 08028, Spain ; 3 Medical Oncology Unit, Human Pathology Department, University of Messina, Messina 98100, Italy ; 4 Pangaea Biotech S.L, Barcelona 08028, Spain ; 5 Cancer Biology & Precision Medicine Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Germans Trias i Pujol Health Sciences Institute and Hospital, Campus Can Ruti, Badalona, Barcelona 08916, Spain ; 6 Fundación Molecular Oncology Research, Barcelona 08028, Spain
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