scholarly journals Mutation Profile Variability in the Primary Tumor and Multiple Pulmonary Metastases of Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma. A Review of the Literature and Analysis of Four Metastatic Cases

Cancers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (23) ◽  
pp. 5906
Author(s):  
Kristyna Prochazkova ◽  
Nikola Ptakova ◽  
Reza Alaghehbandan ◽  
Sean R. Williamson ◽  
Tomáš Vaněček ◽  
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(1) Background: There are limited data concerning inter-tumoral and inter-metastatic heterogeneity in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (CCRCC). The aim of our study was to review published data and to examine mutation profile variability in primary and multiple pulmonary metastases (PMs) in our cohort of four patients with metastatic CCRCC. (2) Methods: Four patients were enrolled in this study. The clinical characteristics, types of surgeries, histopathologic results, immunohistochemical and genetic evaluations of corresponding primary tumor and PMs, and follow-up data were recorded. (3) Results: In our series, the most commonly mutated genes were those in the canonically dysregulated VHL pathway, which were detected in both primary tumors and corresponding metastasis. There were genetic profile differences between primary and metastatic tumors, as well as among particular metastases in one patient. (4) Conclusions: CCRCC shows heterogeneity between the primary tumor and its metastasis. Such mutational changes may be responsible for suboptimal treatment outcomes in targeted therapy settings.

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Shuch ◽  
Ryan Falbo ◽  
Fabio Parisi ◽  
Adebowale Adeniran ◽  
Yuval Kluger ◽  
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Aims. Inhibitors of the MET pathway hold promise in the treatment for metastatic kidney cancer. Assessment of predictive biomarkers may be necessary for appropriate patient selection. Understanding MET expression in metastases and the correlation to the primary site is important, as distant tissue is not always available.Methods and Results. MET immunofluorescence was performed using automated quantitative analysis and a tissue microarray containing matched nephrectomy and distant metastatic sites from 34 patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma. Correlations between MET expressions in matched primary and metastatic sites and the extent of heterogeneity were calculated. The mean expression of MET was not significantly different between primary tumors when compared to metastases (P=0.1). MET expression weakly correlated between primary and matched metastatic sites (R=0.5) and a number of cases exhibited very high levels of discordance between these tumors. Heterogeneity within nephrectomy specimens compared to the paired metastatic tissues was not significantly different (P=0.39).Conclusions. We found that MET expression is not significantly different in primary tumors than metastatic sites and only weakly correlates between matched sites. Moderate concordance of MET expression and significant expression heterogeneity may be a barrier to the development of predictive biomarkers using MET targeting agents.


2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Reustle ◽  
Steffen Rausch ◽  
Stefan Winter ◽  
Florian Büttner ◽  
Stephan Kruck ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 103 (3) ◽  
pp. 297-302
Author(s):  
Kristýna Procházková ◽  
Josef Vodička ◽  
Jakub Fichtl ◽  
Gabriela Krákorová ◽  
Jakub Šebek ◽  
...  

BMC Urology ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeanette E. Eckel-Passow ◽  
Daniel J. Serie ◽  
John C. Cheville ◽  
Thai H. Ho ◽  
Payal Kapur ◽  
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2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongzhe Shi ◽  
Chuanzhen Cao ◽  
Li Wen ◽  
Lianyu Zhang ◽  
Jin Zhang ◽  
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Abstract Background: Several models and markers were developed and found to predict outcome of advanced renal cell carcinoma. This study aimed to evaluate the prognostic value of the ratio of maximum to minimum tumor diameter (ROD) in metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma (mccRCC).Methods: Patients with mccRCC (n=213) treated with sunitinib from January 2008 to December 2018 were identified. Cut-off value for ROD was determined using receiver operating characteristic. Patients with different ROD scores were grouped and evaluated. Survival outcomes were estimated by Kaplan-Meier method.Results: The optimal ROD cutoff value of 1.34 was determined for progression free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). Patients in ROD≥1.34 group had shorter PFS (9.6 versus 17.7 months, p<0.001) and OS (25.5 versus 32.6 months, p<0.001) than patients in ROD<1.34 group. After adjustment for other factors, multivariate analysis showed ROD≥1.34 was an independent prognostic factor for PFS (p<0.001) and OS (p=0.006). Patients in ROD³1.34 group presented higher proportions of T3/4 stage (92.9% versus 7.1%, p=0.012), WHO/ISUP grade III/IV (72.0% versus 28.0%, p=0.010), tumor necrosis (71.0% versus 29.0%, p=0.039), sarcomatoid differentiation (79.1% versus 20.9%, p=0.007), poor MSKCC risk score (78.4% versus 21.6%, p<0.001) and poor IMDC risk score (74.4% versus 25.6%, p<0.001) than ROD<1.34 group.Conclusion: Primary tumor with higher ROD was an independently prognostic factor for both PFS and OS in patients with mccRCC who received targeted therapy. Higher ROD was also associated with high T stage, high WHO/ISUP grade, sarcomatoid features, tumor necrosis, poor MSKCC and IMDC risk score.


2017 ◽  
Vol 471 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julien Dagher ◽  
Solène-Florence Kammerer-Jacquet ◽  
Frédéric Dugay ◽  
Marion Beaumont ◽  
Alexandra Lespagnol ◽  
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2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 1046-1054 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joana Heinzelmann ◽  
André Unrein ◽  
Ulrike Wickmann ◽  
Sophie Baumgart ◽  
Marcus Stapf ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (6_suppl) ◽  
pp. 474-474 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Isabel Carlo ◽  
Nabeela Khan ◽  
Yingbei Chen ◽  
James Hsieh ◽  
A. Ari Hakimi ◽  
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474 Background: Non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma (nccRCC) encompasses about 20% of RCC cases and includes a number of subtypes that vary clinically and molecularly. Compared to ccRCC, these tumors have more limited sensitivity to conventional anti-VEGF agents and mTOR inhibitors, and there is clear need for better therapies. Analysis of genomic alterations in potentially targetable pathways may lead to novel therapeutic development strategies. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed tumors from 112 patients with metastatic nccRCC with targeted next-generation sequencing (NGS) across a panel of >340 cancer-relevant genes. Matched tumor and normal was used to facilitate somatic calling. We report on recurrent alterations observed for nccRCC variants. Results: Median age was 53 years (range 12-77), 67% were male; 47% presented with metastatic disease and 53% with localized disease that later metastasized. NGS was performed on tissue from primary tumors (57%) or metastatic sites (43%). Subtype classifications included unclassified (44%), papillary (21%), chromophobe (13%), translocation (12%), and other (9%). The most frequently altered genes by subtype are included in table. 36% of unclassified or papillary tumors had a mutation in a putative driver gene amenable to targeted therapies, including MET, NOTCH1, SMARCB1, TSC1, TSC2, PIK3CA, and FGFR3. 3 chromophobe tumors and 1 translocation tumor had a mutation in a potentially targetable pathway. Conclusions: The mutation profiles of metastatic nccRCC vary by papillary, chromophobe, and translocation subtype, with unclassified tumors most approximating papillary subtype. Unclassified and papillary subtypes harbor frequent mutations in potentially targetable pathways that merit further investigation. [Table: see text]


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