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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2021

Profiling Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Fusions in Chinese Breast Cancers.

Zhonghua Tao, Jianxia Liu, Ting Li, Hong Xu, Kai Chen, Jian Zhang, Hao Zhou, Jie Sun, Jinming Han, Zhaoji Guo and 3 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 6 papers.

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13 authors at 7 institutions in 1 country.

Zhonghua TaoDepartment of Medical Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China.
Jianxia LiuDepartment of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
Ting LiDepartment of Medical Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China.
Hong XuDepartment of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
Kai ChenDepartment of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
Jian ZhangDepartment of Medical Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China.
Hao ZhouDepartment of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
Jie SunDepartment of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
Jinming HanDepartment of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Zhaoji GuoDepartment of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
Hua YangDepartment of Medical Oncology, Affiliated Hospital of Hebei University, Baoding, China.
Wen-Ming CaoDepartment of Breast Medical Oncology, Cancer Hospital of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Zhejiang Cancer Hospital), Hangzhou, China.
Xichun HuDepartment of Medical Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China.
First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University · CNShanghai Medical College of Fudan University · CNSoochow University · CNAffiliated Hospital of Hebei University · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University · CNFudan University Shanghai Cancer Center · CNZhejiang Cancer Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundReceptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) are a class of tyrosine kinases that regulate cell-to-cell communication and control a variety of complex biological functions. Dysregulation of RTK signaling partly due to chromosomal rearrangements leads to novel tyrosine kinase fusion oncoproteins that are possibly driver alterations to cancers. Targeting some RTK fusions with specific tyrosine kinases inhibitors (TKIs) is an effective therapeutic strategy across a spectrum of RTK fusion-related cancers. However, there is still a paucity of extensive RTK fusion investigations in breast cancer. This study aims to characterize RTK fusions in Chinese breast cancer patients.

methodsAn in-house DNA sequencing database of 1440 Chinese breast cancer patients with a capture-based panel (520 gene or 108 gene-panel) was thoroughly reviewed. A total of 2,229 samples including 1,045 tissues and 1,184 plasmas were analyzed. RTK fusion was defined as an in-frame fusion with the tyrosine kinase domain of the RTK completely retained. Concomitant mutations were also analyzed and tumor mutational burden (TMB) was calculated. Patients' clinical characteristics were retrieved from case records.

resultsA total of 30 RTK fusion events were identified from 27 breast cancer patients with a prevalence of 1.875%%.

conclusionThis is the first study comprehensively delineating the prevalence and spectrum of RTK fusions in Chinese breast cancers. Further study is ongoing to identify the enriched subpopulation who may benefit from RTK fusion inhibitors.

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breast cancergene fusiongenomic rearrangmentsnext-generation sequencingreceptor tyrosine kinase

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