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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2021

Case Report: Next-Generation Sequencing Reveals Tumor Origin in a Female Patient With Brain Metastases.

Qun Li, Xiaoyan Zhang, Jiao Feng, Dezhi Cheng, Lin Cai, Zhang'an Dai, Shuyu Zhao, Jianmin Li, Jingjing Huang, Yu Fang and 5 more

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Qun LiNeurosurgery department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Xiaoyan ZhangDepartment of Translational Medicine, Genetron Health (Beijing) Technology, Co. Ltd., Beijing, China.
Jiao FengHolistic Integrative Pharmacy Institutes and Comprehensive Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Center, College of Medicine, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.
Dezhi ChengThoracic surgery department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Lin CaiNeurosurgery department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Zhang'an DaiNeurosurgery department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Shuyu ZhaoPathology department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Jianmin LiPathology department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Jingjing HuangDepartment of Translational Medicine, Genetron Health (Beijing) Technology, Co. Ltd., Beijing, China.
Yu FangDepartment of Translational Medicine, Genetron Health (Beijing) Technology, Co. Ltd., Beijing, China.
Honglin ZhuDepartment of Translational Medicine, Genetron Health (Beijing) Technology, Co. Ltd., Beijing, China.
Danhua WangDepartment of Translational Medicine, Genetron Health (Beijing) Technology, Co. Ltd., Beijing, China.
Sizhen WangGenetron Health (Beijing) Technology, Co. Ltd., Beijing, China.
Tonghui MaDepartment of Translational Medicine, Genetron Health (Beijing) Technology, Co. Ltd., Beijing, China.
Xianghe LuNeurosurgery department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Annoroad Gene Technology (China) · CNWenzhou Medical University · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University · CNHangzhou Normal University · CN

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Abstract

backgroundBrain metastasis mainly originates from lung cancer. Napsin A and TTF-1 factors have frequently been detected in lung adenocarcinoma cases. Brain metastasis tumors with napsin A and TTF-1 positive are easily classified as lung adenocarcinoma origin. However, some thyroid cancers also exhibit these clinical features. Besides, lung is the most common metastasis of undifferential thyroid cancer. Therefore, it requires development of novel diagnostic tools to aid in distinguishing between pulmonary and thyroid origin. PATIENT

findingsWe reported a case that was initially diagnosed as brain metastatic lung cancer based on immunohistochemistry results. Analysis of next-generation sequencing (NGS) data from the brain lesion revealed that the cancer may have originated from the thyroid. We detected combo mutations in SUMMARY: The patient received anlotinib treatment and showed good clinical outcomes. One month after anlotinib treatment, the pulmonary nodules were found to be controlled, and the thyroid tumor drastically reduced, and tracheal compression relieved. She continued anlotinib treatment for the following two months, but died one month later because the treatment stopped owing to financial reasons. All her sons underwent total thyroidectomy with lymph node dissection.

conclusionsAlthough NGS has been reported to assist in diagnosis of the origin of some tumors, this is the first evidence of NGS for the determination of the origin of thyroid tumors. To our knowledge, this is the first time that a combination of multiple mutations has been used to help determine the origin of a tumor, compared with the previous single mutant gene. Moreover, this is the first evidence on the use of anlotinib for treatment of UTC with distant metastasis. Besides, all three sons of the patient had thyroid carcinoma in subsequent examinations, indicating high-risk for familial non-medullary thyroid cancer in UTC patients and necessity for performing thyroid ultrasound testing in other family members.

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anlotinibnext-generation sequencingRET fusionTERT promoter mutationtumor originundifferential thyroid cancer

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