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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY
Volume 39, Issue 25, Pages 2779-+Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.20.02636
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- Stand Up to Cancer-Bristol Meyers Squibb Catalyst Research Grant [SU2C-AACR-CT07-17]
- Canada-Israel Health Research initiative - Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Israel Science Foundation
- International Development Research Centre, Canada
- Azrieli Foundation
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
- Meagan's Walk [MW-2014-10]
- LivWise
- Zane Cohen Center
- BRAINchild
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Surveillance and early cancer detection are associated with improved overall survival (OS) for individuals with CMMRD. In patients undergoing surveillance, GI and other solid tumors, as well as 75% of brain cancers, were detected asymptomatically. Adherence to the surveillance protocol resulted in significantly better survival outcomes, with a 4-year OS of 79% for patients undergoing full surveillance.
PURPOSE Constitutional mismatch repair deficiency syndrome (CMMRD) is a lethal cancer predisposition syndrome characterized by early-onset synchronous and metachronous multiorgan tumors. We designed a surveillance protocol for early tumor detection in these individuals. PATIENTS AND METHODS Data were collected from patients with confirmed CMMRD who were registered in the International Replication Repair Deficiency Consortium. Tumor spectrum, efficacy of the surveillance protocol, and malignant transformation of low-grade lesions were examined for the entire cohort. Survival outcomes were analyzed for patients followed prospectively from the time of surveillance implementation. RESULTS A total of 193 malignant tumors in 110 patients were identified. Median age of first cancer diagnosis was 9.2 years (range: 1.7-39.5 years). For patients undergoing surveillance, all GI and other solid tumors, and 75% of brain cancers were detected asymptomatically. By contrast, only 16% of hematologic malignancies were detected asymptomatically (P < .001). Eighty-nine patients were followed prospectively and used for survival analysis. Five-year overall survival (OS) was 90% (95% CI, 78.6 to 100) and 50% (95% CI, 39.2 to 63.7) when cancer was detected asymptomatically and symptomatically, respectively (P = .001). Patient outcome measured by adherence to the surveillance protocol revealed 4-year OS of 79% (95% CI, 54.8 to 90.9) for patients undergoing full surveillance, 55% (95% CI, 28.5 to 74.5) for partial surveillance, and 15% (95% CI, 5.2 to 28.8) for those not under surveillance (P < .0001). Of the 64 low-grade tumors detected, the cumulative likelihood of transformation from low-to high-grade was 81% for GI cancers within 8 years and 100% for gliomas in 6 years. CONCLUSION Surveillance and early cancer detection are associated with improved OS for individuals with CMMRD.
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