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ArticleThoracic cancer2021

Novel genetic characteristics in low-grade fetal adenocarcinoma of the lung.

Shuyang Zhang, Huihui Yin, Jing Zhang, Lu Yang, Guangjian Yang, Jia Jia, Yuchen Jiao, Jianming Ying, Yan Wang

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Article in Thoracic cancer, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Shuyang ZhangDepartment of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Center, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Huihui YinState Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, National Cancer Center, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Jing ZhangDepartment of Pathology, National Cancer Center, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Lu YangDepartment of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Center, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4286-9586
Guangjian YangDepartment of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Center, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Jia JiaDepartment of Pathology, National Cancer Center, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Yuchen JiaoState Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, National Cancer Center, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Jianming YingDepartment of Pathology, National Cancer Center, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Yan WangDepartment of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Center, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1743-6383
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CNFujian Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLow-grade fetal adenocarcinoma of the lung (L-FLAC) is a rare subtype of lung adenocarcinoma with undetermined histological features and genetic abnormalities. In this study, we attempted to investigate the pathological characteristics and genomic profiles of L-FLAC.

methodsAmong 9839 cases of primary lung adenocarcinoma resected at Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College between January 2011 and June 2016, three cases diagnosed with L-FLAC were selected. An immunohistochemical profile and whole exome sequencing (WES) using tumor and normal tissues was conducted. The last follow-up date of patients was January 2021.

resultsThree cases diagnosed with L-FLAC were finally screened, suggesting a percentage of 0.03%. All three patients were male and diagnosed as stage I following radical lobectomy. The missense variant was found to be the major gene mutation type using WES. CTNNB1 and DICER1 were the two most frequent gene mutations. All cases demonstrated positive TTF-1 expression. In addition, two patients showed positive expression of β-catenin (nuclear/cytoplasmic expression), CgA and Sny. Negative expression of PD-L1 in tumor cells was observed in all three cases. One case with a relatively high tumor mutation burden (TMB) (2.18 mut/Mb) had an inferior overall survival of 11.5 months. However, the other two cases with a lower TMB (0.12 and 0.74 mut/Mb) still acquired disease-free status up to the last follow-up date.

conclusionsL-FLAC has a specific molecular background which is different from lung adenocarcinoma. Furthermore, gene heterogeneity was found and might be the reason for a dramatically different prognosis in these L-FLAC patients.

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Adenocarcinoma of LungAdultExome SequencingHumansLung NeoplasmsMaleMutationfetal adenocarcinomagene mutationlung cancer

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