Subjecting appropriate lung adenocarcinoma samples to next-generation sequencing-based molecular testing: challenges and possible solutions.

Abstract:

:Next-generation sequencing (NGS) has recently been rapidly adopted in the molecular diagnosis of cancer, but it still faces some obstacles. In this study, 665 lung adenocarcinoma samples (558 TKI-naive and 107 TKI-relapsed samples) were interrogated using NGS, and the challenges and possible solutions of subjecting appropriate tissue samples to NGS testing were explored. The results showed that lower frequencies of HER2/BRAF/PIK3CA and acquired EGFR T790M mutations were observed in biopsy samples with <20% tumor cellularity than in those with ≥20%, but there were no significant differences in the frequencies of EGFR or KRAS mutations. Moreover, tumor heterogeneity was assessed by heterogeneity score (HS), which was calculated through multiplying by 2 the mutant allele frequency (MAF) of tumor cells. In TKI-naive samples, intratumor heterogeneity could occur in EGFR, KRAS, HER2, BRAF, and PIK3CA mutant tumors, but the degree was variable. Higher EGFR, but lower BRAF and PIK3CA HS values were observed compared with KRAS HS. In TKI-relapsed samples, analysis of concomitant sensitizing EGFR and T790M MAFs showed that intratumor heterogeneity was common in acquired EGFR T790M mutant tumors. The mutational status between primary and metastatic tumors was usually concordant, but KRAS, HER2, and PIK3CA HS were significantly higher in metastatic tumors than in primary tumors. Additionally, the discordance rate of mutational status in multifocal lung adenocarcinomas diagnosed as equivocal or multiple primary tumors was high. Together, our findings demonstrate that a comprehensive quality assessment is necessary during tissue process to mitigate the challenges of poor tumor cellularity, tumor heterogeneity, and multifocal clonally independent tumors.

journal_name

Mol Oncol

journal_title

Molecular oncology

authors

Li W,Qiu T,Ling Y,Gao S,Ying J

doi

10.1002/1878-0261.12190

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2018-05-01 00:00:00

pages

677-689

issue

5

eissn

1574-7891

issn

1878-0261

journal_volume

12

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