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ABSTRACT: Background
Trastuzumab treatment for women with HER2-positive breast cancer (BC) resulted in the significant improvement of both relapse free survival (RFS) and overall survival (OS). However, many women who are classified as HER2-positive do not respond. Many studies have focused on the role of somatic mutations rather than germline polymorphisms in trastuzumab resistance.Results
We completed an Agena MassArray screen of 10 ERBB-family single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 194 adjuvant trastuzumab treated HER2-positive BC patients. SNPs in EGFR genes have a significant association with RFS and OS. Patients with the minor allele of EGFR N158N had significantly worse OS (hazard ratio (HR) = 4.01, (confidence interval (CI) = 1.53- 10.69), p = 0.05) relative to those with either the heterozygous or wild-type (WT) allele. Patients with the minor allele of EGFR T903T (HR = 3.52, (CI = 1.38- 8.97), p = 0.05) had worse RFS relative to those with either the heterozygous or WT allele.Patients and methods
Using next generation sequencing (NGS) we identified ERBB-family (EGFR, HER2, HER3 and HER4) single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that occurred in 2 or more patients of a 32 HER2-positive BC patient cohort. Agena MassArray analysis confirmed the frequency of these SNPs in 194 women with HER2-positive BC who received trastuzumab in the adjuvant setting. Using Kaplan-Meier estimates and Cox regression analysis we correlated the presence of ERBB-family SNPs with both RFS and OS.Conclusions
The presence of germline ERBB-family SNPs may play an important role in how a patient responds to adjuvant trastuzumab, and clinical assessment of these SNPs by targeted genetic screening of patients' blood may be important to stratify patients for treatment.
SUBMITTER: Toomey S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5342757 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Toomey Sinead S Madden Stephen F SF Furney Simon J SJ Fan Yue Y McCormack Mark M Stapleton Carragh C Cremona Mattia M Cavalleri Gianpiero L GL Milewska Malgorzata M Elster Naomi N Carr Aoife A Fay Joanna J Kay Elaine W EW Kennedy Susan S Crown John J Gallagher William M WM Hennessy Bryan T BT Eustace Alex J AJ
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<h4>Background</h4>Trastuzumab treatment for women with HER2-positive breast cancer (BC) resulted in the significant improvement of both relapse free survival (RFS) and overall survival (OS). However, many women who are classified as HER2-positive do not respond. Many studies have focused on the role of somatic mutations rather than germline polymorphisms in trastuzumab resistance.<h4>Results</h4>We completed an Agena MassArray screen of 10 ERBB-family single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 1 ...[more]