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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY
Volume 28, Issue 19, Pages 3122-3130Publisher
AMER SOC CLINICAL ONCOLOGY
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2009.26.7955
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- Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale
- Ligue Nationale contre le Cancer (Equipe labellisee)
- Programme Hospitalier de Recherche Clinique [AOM 02014]
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Purpose Neuroblastoma is characterized by two distinct types of genetic profiles, consisting of either numerical or segmental chromosome alterations. The latter are associated with a higher risk of relapse, even when occurring together with numerical alterations. We explored the role of segmental alterations in tumor progression and the possibility of evolution from indolent to aggressive genomic types. Patients and Methods Array-based comparative genomic hybridization data of 394 neuroblastoma samples were analyzed and linked to clinical data. Results Integration of ploidy and genomic data indicated that pseudotriploid tumors with mixed numerical and segmental profiles may be derived from pseudotriploid tumors with numerical alterations only. This was confirmed by the analysis of paired samples, at diagnosis and at relapse, as in tumors with a purely numerical profile at diagnosis additional segmental alterations at relapse were frequently observed. New segmental alterations at relapse were also seen in patients with segmental alterations at diagnosis. This was not linked to secondary effects of cytotoxic treatments since it occurred even in patients treated with surgery alone. A higher number of chromosome breakpoints were correlated with advanced age at diagnosis, advanced stage of disease, with a higher risk of relapse, and a poorer outcome. Conclusion These data provide further evidence of the role of segmental alterations, suggesting that tumor progression is linked to the accumulation of segmental alterations in neuroblastoma. This possibility of genomic evolution should be taken into account in treatment strategies of low-and intermediate-risk neuroblastoma and should warrant biologic reinvestigation at the time of relapse.
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