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ArticlePloS one2022

Prevalence of targeted therapy-related genetic variations in NSCLC and their relationship with clinicopathological characteristics.

Fanghua Li, Peng Ye, Peiling Cai, Dandan Dong, Yihao Zhang, Yue Yang, Xingwang Sun

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Fanghua LiDepartment of Pathology, Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China.
Peng YeDepartment of Anatomy and Histology, College of Medicine, Chengdu University, Chengdu, China.
Peiling CaiDepartment of Anatomy and Histology, College of Medicine, Chengdu University, Chengdu, China.
Dandan DongDepartment of Pathology, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences & Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Chengdu, China.
Yihao ZhangDepartment of Anatomy and Histology, College of Medicine, Chengdu University, Chengdu, China.
Yue YangDepartment of Pathology, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences & Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Chengdu, China.
Xingwang SunDepartment of Pathology, Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9968-1851
Chengdu University · CNAffiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University · CNSichuan Academy of Medical Sciences & Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital · CN

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Abstract

backgroundNon-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the most common cancer type in China. Targeted therapies have been used to treat NSCLC for two decades, which is only suitable for a subgroup of patients with specific genetic variations. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of genetic variations leading to sensitivity or resistance to targeted therapies in NSCLC, and their relationship with clinicopathological characteristics of the patients.

methodsTumor samples were collected from 404 patients who were diagnosed to have NSCLC and underwent surgery, transthoracic biopsy, bronchoscopy biopsy, or pleural aspiration in Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital from January 2019 to March 2020. Commercial amplification-refractory mutation system kits were used to detect targeted therapy-related genetic variations in those tumor samples. The prevalence of genetic variations and their relationship with patient clinicopathological characteristics were analyzed using statistical software, followed by subgroup analysis.

resultsIn all, 50.7% of the NSCLC patients had sensitive genetic variations to anti-EGFR therapies, and 4.9% of those patients had co-existing resistant genetic variations. Fusions in ALK, ROS1, or RET were found in 7.7% of the patients, including 2 patients with co-existing EGFR exon 19 deletion or L858R. EGFR exon 19 deletion and L858R were more common in female patients and adenocarcinoma. Further subgroup analysis confirmed the observation in female patients in adenocarcinoma subgroup, and in adenocarcinoma in male patients. In addition, smokers were more likely to have squamous cell carcinoma and KRAS mutation and less likely to have EGFR L858R, which were also confirmed after standardization of gender except KRAS mutations.

conclusionNearly half of the NSCLC patients were eligible for anti-EGFR treatments. In NSCLC, female gender and adenocarcinoma may indicate higher chance of EGFR exon 19 deletion or L858R, and smoking history may indicate squamous cell carcinoma and EGFR L858R.

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Adenocarcinoma of LungCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungLung NeoplasmsMutationNeoplasm ProteinsAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPrevalenceRetrospective StudiesSex FactorsNeoplasm Proteins

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