Full text

Turn on search term navigation

© 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.

Abstract

Simple Summary

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death. While sex and age impact outcomes in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), it is not clearly understood how these factors affect tumor biology. We believe that sex and age influence the distribution of genomic alterations in NSCLC and evaluated for differences in predictive and/or prognostic alterations in individuals with advanced NSCLC. Our study is the largest, to our knowledge, to evaluate and confirm that the genomic landscape in advanced NSCLC differs by both sex and age.

Abstract

Genomic mutations impact non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) biology. The influence of sex and age on the distribution of these alterations is unclear. We analyzed circulating-tumor DNA from individuals with advanced NSCLC from March 2018 to October 2020. EGFR, KRAS, ALK, ROS1, BRAF, NTRK, ERBB2, RET, MET, PIK3CA, STK11, and TP53 alterations were assessed. We evaluated the differences by sex and age (<70 and ≥70) using Fisher’s exact test. Of the 34,277 samples, 30,790 (89.83%) had a detectable mutation and 19,923 (58.12%) had an alteration of interest. The median age of the ctDNA positive population was 69 (18–102), 16,756 (54.42%) were female, and 28,835 (93.65%) had adenocarcinoma. Females had more alterations in all the assessed EGFR mutations, KRAS G12C, and ERBB2 ex20 ins. Males had higher numbers of MET amp and alterations in STK11 and TP53. Patients <70 years were more likely to have alterations in EGFR exon 19 del/exon 20 ins/T790M, KRAS G12C/D, ALK, ROS1, BRAF V600E, ERBB2 Ex20ins, MET amp, STK11, and TP53. Individuals ≥70 years were more likely to have alterations in EGFR L861Q, MET exon 14 skipping, and PIK3CA. We provided evidence of sex- and age-associated differences in the distribution of genomic alterations in individuals with advanced NSCLC.

Details

Title
Sex- and Age-Associated Differences in Genomic Alterations among Patients with Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
Author
Kimbrough, ErinMarie O 1 ; Marin-Acevedo, Julian A 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Drusbosky, Leylah M 3 ; Mooradian, Ariana 4 ; Zhao, Yujie 5 ; Manochakian, Rami 5 ; Lou, Yanyan 5 

 Division of Hematology and Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA; Department of Hematology and Oncology, Division of Internal Medicine, Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA 
 Department of Hematology and Oncology, Division of Internal Medicine, Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA 
 Guardant Health, Inc., Redwood City, CA 94063, USA 
 Division of Hematology and Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA; Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL 32209, USA 
 Division of Hematology and Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA 
First page
2366
Publication year
2024
Publication date
2024
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
20726694
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3078990587
Copyright
© 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.