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CANCER DISCOVERY
卷 8, 期 9, 页码 1087-1095出版社
AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-18-0036
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- DKFZ-HIPO [021]
- NCT 3.0 Precision Oncology Program (NCT POP)
- NCT 3.0 Section Personalized Medicine [NCT3.0_2015.4]
- NCT 3.0 Integrative Projects in Basic Cancer Research Program
- DKFZ
- BMBF [01ZX1305C/1605C]
- EU ERA-Net [TRANSCAN01KT1506]
- Heidelberger Stiftung Chirurgie
We used whole-genome and transcriptome sequencing to identify clinically actionable genomic alterations in young adults with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Molecular characterization of 17 patients with PDAC enrolled in a precision oncology program revealed gene fusions amenable to pharmacologic inhibition by small-molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitors in all patients with KRAS wild-type (KRAS(WT)) tumors (4 of 17). These alterations included recurrent NRG1 rearrangements predicted to drive PDAC development through aberrant ERBB receptor-mediated signaling, and pharmacologic ERBB inhibition resulted in clinical improvement and remission of liver metastases in 2 patients with NRG1-rearranged tumors that had proved resistant to standard treatment. Our findings demonstrate that systematic screening of KRAS(WT) tumors for oncogenic fusion genes will substantially improve the therapeutic prospects for a sizeable fraction of patients with PDAC. SIGNIFICANCE: Advanced PDAC is a malignancy with few treatment options that lacks molecular mechanism-based therapies. Our study uncovers recurrent gene rearrangements such as NRG1 fusions as disease-driving events in KRAS(WT) tumors, thereby providing novel insights into oncogenic signaling and new therapeutic options in this entity. (C) 2018 AACR.
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